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TRAPEZOID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones

Synonyms:

os trapezoideum; trapezoid; trapezoid bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A quadrilateral with two parallel sides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

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

quadrangle; quadrilateral; tetragon (a four-sided polygon)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Derivation:

trapezoidal (resembling a trapezoid)

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