Rounder

Rounder is the comparative form of the adjective round, used to describe something more round in shape. In English grammar, rounder is formed by adding the suffix -er to the adjective round and is used to compare two or more objects sharing a sphere-like or curved contour. The term can appear in everyday descriptions of objects, faces, or forms, as in “This orange is rounder than that ball.”

In the sport of rounders, a rounder is a player who completes a run around the four bases, thereby scoring a run. The term can refer to the act of running around the bases as well as to the individual who does so. Rounders is a bat-and-ball game popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland and is related to baseball and softball.

Rounder Records is an American independent record label known for its catalog of roots music, particularly bluegrass, folk, and Americana. Founded in the 1970s, it earned a reputation for releasing influential albums and for supporting artists who helped shape modern roots music. The Rounder catalog has featured a wide range of traditional and contemporary performers and has played a significant role in the genre’s development.

Other uses of the term include its function in manufacturing or crafts to describe someone or something that makes edges or shapes more rounded, as in rounding corners, or, more broadly, as a generic noun for a device or person involved in rounding processes.