squinch

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.
2. verb To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).

Similar words

draw together shrink recoil squint funk quail wince flinch cringe sconcheon

Often followed by

arches up arch and is zone my of their

Word family

squinched squinches squinching