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TRAPEZOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones
Synonyms:
os trapezoideum; trapezoid; trapezoid bone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trapezoid" is a kind of...):
carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A quadrilateral with two parallel sides
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("trapezoid" is a kind of...):
quadrangle; quadrilateral; tetragon (a four-sided polygon)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Derivation:
trapezoidal (resembling a trapezoid)
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