Something spherical is like a sphere in being round, or more or less round, in three dimensions. Apples and oranges are both spherical, for example, even though they're never perfectly round. A spheroid has a roughly spherical shape; so an asteroid, for instance, is often spheroidal—fairly round, but lumpy.
the planet Earth is not, in fact, perfectly spherical
Recent Examples on the WebFor pure drama, there’s a cyan opera coat with voluminous, spherical sleeves paired with a similarly bright blue floor-length gown with a black and white sequin bandeau bust. Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2022 Three bony, spherical forms catching the light, two of them dumband ugly (but living), the other so fine, so intricate, so beloved and serene (but dead).Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 To desiccant-dry flowers—such as the pink, spherical blooms of chives—put them in a container and cover them with clean, dry sand or a mixture of one part borax to three parts cornmeal. Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022 There’s a natural wobble in the measurement, whether because the Earth isn’t perfectly spherical, because tides change, because winds move water, or even the fact that earthquakes cause blips. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2022 MSG Entertainment, the company building the new venue hailed as the world’s largest spherical structure, and U2 did not confirm the residency to Billboard. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2022 Held up by three steel beams, the spherical structure Molecule of Light, on the front lawn, also emits a sound beam. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021 Cradled inside is a spherical TV monitor roughly the size of a basketball.Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021 The first, apparently captured from a smartphone, shows a small spherical object that whisks past the cockpit of a U.S. Navy strike fighter in the blink of an eye. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2022 See More