Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
- 3verb
cross one's eyes as if in strabismus
"The children squinted so as to scare each other"
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- 4verb
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- 5verb
crouch down
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