- See also Rounds.
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
Noun
rounds- Plural of round
- A route taken by someone in authority (e.g., patrol rounds taken by a night watchman).
Verb
'''rounds- third-person singular of round
Extensive Definition
Round or rounds can mean:
- The shape of a circle or sphere
- Rounding (sediment), the smoothness of a sediment particle
- Roundedness, the roundedness of the lips in the pronunciation of a phoneme
- Rounding, the truncation of a number to reduce the number of significant figures it contains
- Round number, a number that ends with one or more zeroes
- A level of an event, such as a tournament, golf game, or medical examination
- Round (music), a type of musical composition
- Round of drinks, a traditional method of paying in a drinking establishment
- Cartridge (firearms), a single unit of ammunition
- Round (Theosophy), a planetary cycle of reincarnation in Theosophy
- Round Table Pizza, a pizza restaurant
- Mike Rounds, current Governor of South Dakota
- Rounds (album), a 2003 album by Four Tet
- Round Mountain (volcano), a volcanic peak in British Columbia, Canada
- A regular security patrol, "doing the rounds"
- Funding round, in business finance
rounds in German: Runde
rounds in Dutch: Runde
rounds in Japanese: ラウンド
rounds in Slovak: Kolo