noun
rectangle
REK-tang-guhl/ˈrektæŋɡl/
A four-sided shape with four right angles.
The thin blue card forms a rectangle with four right angles.
Etymology
The name highlights the shape’s right-angled corners. Its defining feature is that all four angles are right angles, rather than that all four sides have the same length.
In context
it onto your counter. I'm going to lightly flour the top as well as well as my rolling pin. And this will get rolled out into a 10x 20 in rectangle.
More examples
- Draw a rectangle around your answer.
- She cuts the dough into small rectangles.
- A square is a rectangle with four equal sides.
Forms
rectangle · rectangles
rectangular adjective — Having four sides and four right angles.
Similar words
- quadrilateral
- Any four-sided shape, whether or not its angles are right.
- square
- A rectangle whose four sides are all equal in length.