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Word entry · 9 letters

rectangle

Best crossword clue

"Box shape"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/Part of speech nounSorted aceeglnrtStarts with REnds with E4 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A four-sided shape with four right angles.

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).

Used in a sentence

  • For why should you praise, for example, the integrity of a Square who faithfully defends the interests of his client, when you ought in reality rather to admire the exact precision of his Rectangles?
  • In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.
  • a rectangle triangle

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Box shape9 letters
02Boxy four-sided figure9 letters
03Shape of a postcard9 letters
04Shape of many windows9 letters

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