Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roundrect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: roundrect
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rectangle with rounded corners.

Example Sentences

"The iPhone is, officially, King of Design: when even Intel is mirroring your new roundrect bezels, you have won that particular game."

Etymology

Blend of rounded + rectangle. In 1981, a function for quickly creating rounded rectangles was added to the Apple program LisaGraf (later renamed QuickDraw) created by Bill Atkinson at the request of Steve Jobs, with the program referring to this shape as the "RoundRect."

Inflected Forms

roundrects (plural)

Questions

What does roundrect mean?: A rectangle with rounded corners.
Where does roundrect come from?: Blend of rounded + rectangle. In 1981, a function for quickly creating rounded rectangles was added to the Apple program LisaGraf (later renamed QuickDraw) created by Bill Atkinson at the request of Steve Jobs, with the program referring to this shape as the "RoundRect."

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