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hexagon
Meaning: flat shape with six straight sides and six angles
hexagon in a sentence
How hexagon is used in real sentences:
Bees build honeycomb cells shaped like a hexagon to save wax.
During art class, Maria traced a hexagon onto the poster board and colored each of its six sides differently.
“Maya pinned a blue hexagon at the center of the sky.”
— from the passage Stitches Before Saturday
Synonyms for hexagon
Other words for hexagon — sexagon and sexangle — carry the same meaning.
- sexagon
- sexangle
Where it comes from
From Greek hex 'six' plus gonia 'angle'
Word parts
- hex, sext — six
hexagon: hex (six) + gon (angle)
Memory hook
HEXA (six) + GON (angle) — a hexagon has six angles/sides.