rhomboid

[ rom-boid ]

noun

1. an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal.
2. Anatomy. rhomboideus.

adjective

1. Also rhom·boidal. having a form like or similar to that of a rhombus; shaped like a rhomboid.

rhomboid

/ ˈrɒmbɔɪd /

noun

1. a parallelogram having adjacent sides of unequal length

adjective

1. having such a shape

rhomboid

/ rŏm′boid′ /

1. A parallelogram with unequal adjacent sides.

Other Words From

• rhom·boidal·ly adverb
• sub·rhomboid adjective
• subrhom·boidal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhomboid¹

1560–70; < Late Latin rhomboīdes < Greek rhomboeidḕs ( schêma ) rhomboid (form, shape). See rhombus, -oid

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhomboid¹

C16: from Late Latin rhomboides , from Greek rhomboeidēs shaped like a rhombus

Example Sentences

It is also apt to be more of an oval, or a rhomboid, than the circle of your pan.

From Washington Post

Geometrically, it is a cube being forced into a rhomboid by the fault.

From The Daily Beast

Rhomboid, rom′boid, n. a figure of the form of a rhomb: a quadrilateral figure having only its opposite sides and angles equal.

From Project Gutenberg

I just remember he described it as Rhomboid in shape—cut, I fancy, out of church-plate in troubled times.

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The enameled, rhomboid scales are in movable oblique whorls, each scale interlocked with its neighbors.

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Lower leaves stalked, ovate or rhomboid, more or less toothed or angular, but entire at the base.

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A black shawl had enwrapped her shoulders, a green plaid skirt had made an irregular rhomboid from the saddle downwards.

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