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RHOMBUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: rhombi   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

Synonyms:

diamond; rhomb; rhombus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

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

parallelogram (a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length)

Derivation:

rhombic (resembling a rhombus)

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