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rhomboid
[ rom-boid ]
adjective
- Also rhom·boidal. having a form like or similar to that of a rhombus; shaped like a rhomboid.
rhomboid
/ ˈrɒmbɔɪd /
noun
- a parallelogram having adjacent sides of unequal length
adjective
- having such a shape
rhomboid
/ rŏm′boid′ /
- A parallelogram with unequal adjacent sides.
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Other Words From
- rhom·boidal·ly adverb
- sub·rhomboid adjective
- subrhom·boidal adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rhomboid1
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Example Sentences
It is also apt to be more of an oval, or a rhomboid, than the circle of your pan.
Geometrically, it is a cube being forced into a rhomboid by the fault.
Rhomboid, rom′boid, n. a figure of the form of a rhomb: a quadrilateral figure having only its opposite sides and angles equal.
I just remember he described it as Rhomboid in shape—cut, I fancy, out of church-plate in troubled times.
The enameled, rhomboid scales are in movable oblique whorls, each scale interlocked with its neighbors.
Lower leaves stalked, ovate or rhomboid, more or less toothed or angular, but entire at the base.
A black shawl had enwrapped her shoulders, a green plaid skirt had made an irregular rhomboid from the saddle downwards.
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