squinch

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.

Verb

To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).

sinonimi

squint

recoil

shrink

flinch

quail

cringe

funk

wince

cower

squinch arch

crouch

hunch

shy

startle

shrink back

rear back

scoinson arch

Traduzioni

trompa

Trompe

trompe

🎺

recular

mig aclucar

aclofar-se

ajupir-se

encongir-se

arraulir-se

recular

contreure’s

υποστηρικτικό τμήμα

φέτα θόλου

strabisme

ogiva

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/skwɪnt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Alteration of earlier scunch (“back part of the side of an opening”), short for scuncheon.