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pentagon
Meaning: a shape with five straight sides and five angles
pentagon in a sentence
How pentagon is used in real sentences:
The classic soccer ball pattern includes black pentagon shapes surrounded by white hexagons.
The garden designer arranged the flower bed as a pentagon so that five paths met at a central sundial.
“They also stretch a pentagon of bright cord around the site.”
— from the passage Secrets of Red Mesa
Synonyms for pentagon
Other words for pentagon — five-sided, five-angled and five-cornered — carry the same meaning.
- five-sided
- five-angled
- five-cornered
Where it comes from
From Greek pente 'five' + gonia 'angle'
Word parts
- pent, quin — five
pentagon: pent (five) + gon (angle)
Memory hook
PENTA (five) + GON (angle) — five angles, five sides.