HEXAGON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A six-sided polygon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("hexagon" is a kind of...):

polygon; polygonal shape (a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hexagon"):

regular hexagon (a hexagon with six sides of equal length)

Derivation:

hexagonal (having six sides or divided into hexagons)

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