round nose

Curved facial feature

Round nose describes a blunt, curved shape rather than a pointed one.

The term appears across domains: round-nose pliers have rounded jaws for bending wire without marring it, round-nose bullets have a domed tip rather than a sharp point, and round-nose chisels have curved cutting edges for carving concave surfaces.

Applied to faces, a round nose is simply one with a rounded tip rather than an angular or aquiline profile.

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soft · cute · upturned · nostril · bridge · profile · cartilage · cherub · baby · baby face · doll · porcelain doll · bullet · pliers · chisel · tool · gentle · curved

Categories
Opposites
nose shape geometry

round nosehooked nose

Curved, prominent nasal bridge

pointed nose · aquiline nose · needle nose · hawk nose · Roman nose

tool/bullet tip shape

round noseneedle nose

Tapered plier style

sharp point · hollow point · chisel tip

Family

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G