rectangular
rectangular
Definition
rec·tan·gu·lar (rek taŋ′gyə lər)
adjective
- shaped like a rectangle; having four sides and four right angles
- having right-angled corners, or a base in the form of a rectangle, as a building
- right-angled
rec·tan′·gu·lar′·ity (-lar′ə tē) noun
rec·tan′·gu·larly adverb
rectangular
Synonyms
rectangular
modif.
rectangular
Usage Examples
Preposition: with
- corner: The original shape determined from the faculty plan of 1862 was roughly rectangular with rounded corners.
Used with adjective complement
- choose: Round versus Rectangular If you want performance and serious airtime always choose rectangular.
- include: Selection tools including rectangular, elliptical, free, fuzzy and paths.
Modifies a noun
- bale: Producers, suppliers of quality soft haylage in rectangular bales weighing 240kg.
- trampoline: For this reason we strongly recommend only one user at a time on a rectangular trampoline.
- enclosure: There is a rectangular enclosure to the north of the tower which may be of more recent date.
- cross-section: Channels with V shaped and rectangular cross-sections need to be formed in glass or plastic.
- churchyard: Churchyard A rectangular churchyard, on level ground, on the east bank of the River Dee within the center of the village.
- grid: She devised a puzzle based on the idea of filling in squares on a rectangular grid to create a picture.
Modifying Another Word
- roughly: The monument consists of a roughly rectangular cairn containing two chambers facing up the hill.
- approximately: The building is approximately rectangular with walls of unshaped stone.
- usually: Rather the full data or trajectory matrix, usually rectangular, is fitted directly to the vector of data elements.
- almost: Churchyard A well maintained almost rectangular enclosure on flat ground.
- not: It consists in the use of bars not rectangular, but of wedge form, or swelled out on the upper edge.
- generally: Back to top Glossary Column: An upright shaft, generally rectangular or round in plan and usually slightly tapering.
Preposition: in
- shape: Roughly rectangular in shape, Portugal is surrounded on two sides by Spain.
- plan: More elaborate vaults were square or rectangular in plan and contained up to twelve burials.
- section: Handle is made from a single piece of bone, rectangular in cross section.
- cross-section: The rear part of the body tends to be squared off, rather more rectangular in cross-section.
- appearance: The ground floor window frames were distinctly arched, featuring patterned brickwork, whilst the first floor counterparts were instead rectangular in appearance.
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