squinch

squinch is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 23 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
2. noun. a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
3. verb. cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

   "The children squinted so as to scare each other"

   Synonyms: squint

4. verb. draw back, as with fear or pain

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

   Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, wince

5. verb. crouch down

Synonyms

squint, cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, wince

Common word forms

squinched, squinches, squinching

Words from these letters

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