bullnose.

A smoothly rounded edge or end on a step, tile, or other building component.

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Words that belong together

• bullnose tile
• bullnose edge

On the page

A chipped bullnose tile exposed the rough concrete beneath.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular bullnose; plural bullnoses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.