RHOMBUS (rhombi)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: rhombi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhombus mean? 

• RHOMBUS (noun)
  The noun RHOMBUS has 1 sense:

1. a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

  Familiarity information: RHOMBUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHOMBUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

diamond; rhomb; rhombus

Hypernyms ("rhombus" is a kind of...):

parallelogram (a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length)

Derivation:

rhombic (resembling a rhombus)