rectangle
Meanings
Plural: rectangles
Noun
- a parallelogram with four right angles
- Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
- Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
- A right angle.
- The product of two quantities.
Adj
- Right-angled.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
Scrabble Score: 12
rectangle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordrectangle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rectangle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
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