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rotund

/rəʊˈtʌnd/adjective

उच्चारण रोटन्ड

गोल-मटोल, मोटा

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adjective
  1. 1

    formal or humorous

    (of a person) having a fat round body

    गोल-मटोल, मोटा

    • a rotund little man
    • The rotund shopkeeper greeted every customer with a warm smile.
    • The rotund cook tasted every dish he made.
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    • A rotund uncle sat at the head of the table.
    • He was a cheerful, rotund man with a loud laugh.

    Synonyms plump stout chubby portly corpulent

    Opposite thin slim slender lean

  2. 2

    literary

    round in shape

    गोलाकार

    • a rotund building
    • The rotund pot sat in the middle of the kitchen shelf.
    • The potter shaped a rotund vase with a narrow neck.
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    • A rotund moon hung over the quiet fields.
    • The tower had a rotund base and a narrow top.

    Synonyms round spherical globular circular

    Opposite angular flat

◇Word family
rotunda noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

plump stout chubby portly corpulent round spherical globular circular

Antonyms

thin slim slender lean angular flat

AaSpelling

ro·tund

?Which word?

Keep the fat words together: rotund (round and fat, often humorous), plump, chubby (pleasantly fat, of children), stout, portly (formal), corpulent, obese (medical, very fat).

मोटापे के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: rotund (गोल और मोटा, प्रायः हास्य में), plump, chubby (सुखद मोटा, बच्चों के लिए), stout, portly (औपचारिक), corpulent, obese (चिकित्सीय, बहुत मोटा)।

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One-word substitution

A round building with a dome is a rotunda.

गुंबद वाली गोल इमारत rotunda।