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PENTACLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pentacle mean?
• PENTACLE (noun)
The noun PENTACLE has 1 sense:
1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
Familiarity information: PENTACLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
pentacle; pentagram; pentangle
Hypernyms ("pentacle" is a kind of...):
star (a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem)
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