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Does the word "ring" implicitly means a circular shape?

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    Ring doesn’t only means a circular shape, but have other meanings. Please see a dictionary.
    – user1176409
    Commented Jul 5 at 11:57
  • @user1176409 the dictionary says it's only a circular shape.
    – Jack
    Commented Jul 5 at 12:18
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    Ring can be a verb too.
    – user1176409
    Commented Jul 5 at 12:19
  • I meant what shape should form in the listener's head when I say ring. Would he ask me afterwards what shape is it?
    – Jack
    Commented Jul 5 at 12:20
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    Why do you doubt what the dictionary says?
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Jul 5 at 12:23

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As you have found, the word ring implies a circular shape. But, depending on the listener's experiences they may infer other properties. To me, it implies a hole in the middle. That is, not a disc, but more like a torus.

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  • Thanks for contributing! But please don't answer questions that are off-topic or unclear; give the user a chance to improve them (though I don't know that there's an on-topic version of this one).
    – Andy Bonner
    Commented Jul 5 at 15:04

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