Home › Words › R › roundbackroundbackroundback means of furniture: having a curved back.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, roundback ranks #25,924 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom round + back.adjOf furniture: having a curved back.e.g.“On his right and left are the guests of honor Ying Boujue and Xie Xida, and opposite him is Han Daoguo, the manager of his silk shop. The guests all sit on roundback chairs with no footstools.” — 2001, Sarah Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, page 192:nounKyphosis.e.g.“In fact, when specifically asked, the child can often actively correct this postural roundback.” — 1993, Vernon T. Tolo, Beverly P. Wood, Pediatric orthopaedics in primary care, volume 653, page 97:A kind of mandolin having a rounded back.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.kyphosed 73% match — Exhibiting kyphosis. vs roundback →kyphotic 73% match — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis. vs roundback →lordokyphosis 68% match — Lordosis and kyphosis. vs roundback →lordosis 68% match — The normal concave, backwards curvature of the spine in the cervical and lumbar regions. vs roundback →kypholordosis 67% match — The combination of kyphosis and lordosis. vs roundback →crookbacked 66% match — hunchbacked vs roundback →crookback 66% match — A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback. vs roundback →lordotic 65% match — Of, relating to or afflicted with lordosis; having an abnormal backwards curvature of the spine. vs roundback →