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1rhomboid
noun rhom·boid \ˈräm-ˌbȯid\
geometry : a shape with four sides where only the opposite sides and angles are equal
Full Definition of RHOMBOID
: a parallelogram with no right angles and with adjacent sides of unequal length
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Origin of RHOMBOID
Middle French rhomboïde, from Latin rhomboides, from Greek rhomboeidēs resembling a rhombus, from rhombos
First Known Use: 1570
Rhymes with RHOMBOID
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
2rhomboid
adjective rhom·boid \ˈräm-ˌbȯid\
Definition of RHOMBOID
: shaped somewhat like a rhombus or rhomboid
Variants of RHOMBOID
rhom·boid or rhom·boi·dal \räm-ˈbȯi-dəl\
First Known Use of RHOMBOID
circa 1693
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