squinch

squinch

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Noun

squinch (plural squinches)

1. (architecture) 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.

Translations

structure between walls to transition to circular

Catalan: trompa (ca) f French: trompe (fr) f German: Trompe (de) f Persian: سکنج‎ (fa) (sekonj), گوشه‎ (fa) (guše), گوشواره‎ (fa) (gušvâre), فیلگوش‎ (filguš)

Russian: тромп (ru) m (tromp) Spanish: trompa (es) Swedish: trompe (sv)

Verb

squinch (third-person singular simple present squinches, present participle squinching, simple past and past participle squinched)

1. To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).
   • 2008 March 15, Gail Collins, “George Speaks, Badly”, in New York Times‎:

     The president squinched his face and bit his lip and seemed too antsy to stand still.