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Adjective: circular  sur-kyu-lu(r)
  1. Having the shape or form of a circle
    "The circular window let in streams of sunlight";
    - round
     
  2. Describing a circle; moving in a circle
    "the circular motion of the wheel";
    - rotary, orbital
     
  3. (of an argument) assuming something that is supposed to be proven
    "His circular reasoning led nowhere in the debate"
Noun: circular  sur-kyu-lu(r)
  1. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
    "he mailed the circular to all subscribers";
    - handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway, dodger [US]

Derived forms: circulars

See also: apple-shaped, ball-shaped, barrel-shaped, bulblike, bulbous, bulb-shaped, capitate, coccoid, cumuliform, cyclic, cyclical, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disc-shaped, disklike, disk-shaped, global, globate, globe-shaped, globoid, globose, globular, goblet-shaped, moonlike, moon-round, nutlike, orbicular, pancake-like, pear-shaped, pinwheel-shaped, ringlike, rounded, roundish, spheric [rare], spherical, wheel-like

Type of: ad [informal], advert [Brit], advertisement, advertising, advertizement [US, non-standard], advertizing [US, non-standard]

Antonym: square

Encyclopedia: Circular