square
noun
a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
squareness
-
a word derived from
square.
Example Sentences
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Their squareness was a constant punchline to the show’s freewheeling pop-art setup.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
The show took the idea of a music score, or a canvas, or a piece of fabric being square – and explored this theme of squareness.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
The rival company was perennially a little bit cooler, sleeker, and more tasteful than the endemic squareness of the Gates estate.
From The Verge ● Jan. 20, 2021
The great weakness of 19th-century music, for all its emotional paroxysms, is squareness — the Romantics are addicted to symmetrical twos and fours.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2017
There lay another of those pieces of pink squareness that underlay the structure of the island.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
