# adjective. - shaped like or approximately like a circle or cylinder. * she was seated at a small, round table - shaped like or approximately like a sphere. * a round glass ball - (of a voice) rich and mellow; not harsh. * his rich, round voice went down well with the listeners - (of a number) altered for convenience of expression or calculation, for example to the nearest whole number or multiple of ten or five. * the size of the fleet is given in round numbers - (of a person or their manner of speaking) not omitting or disguising anything; frank and truthful. * she berated him in good round terms