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RHOMBUS (rhombi)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhombus mean? 

RHOMBUS (noun)
  The noun RHOMBUS has 1 sense:

1. a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogramplay

  Familiarity information: RHOMBUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RHOMBUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

diamond; rhomb; rhombus

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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