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Word entry · 8 letters

triangle

Best crossword clue

"Shape with three sides"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/Part of speech nounSorted aegilnrtStarts with TEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle

Word origin

From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + -angle.

Used in a sentence

  • The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.
  • One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.
  • I was flogged in 1840. To this day I feel a pain in the chest from the triangles.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Shape with three sides8 letters
02Three-sided shape8 letters

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