roundrect

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noun

A rectangle with rounded corners.

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Meanings

nounroundrect (plural roundrects)

plural roundrects

  1. computer graphicsA rectangle with rounded corners.

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

    2007 September 21, Rob Beschizza, “Intel Touts Toys of Future At Conference”, in Wired

Origin

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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APA

roundrect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roundrect

MLA

“roundrect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roundrect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roundrect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roundrect.

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