quarter round

1. 1.

   a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse

   Synonymsovolothumb

   Broadermolding

   Narrowerechinus

Questions about quarter round

What does quarter round mean?

quarter round means "a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse".

What is another word for quarter round?

Close synonyms include ovolo, thumb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quarter round a common word?

quarter round is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.