tangram

American  

[tang-gruhm] / ˈtæŋ grəm /

noun

1. a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.

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tangram British  

/ ˈtæŋɡræm /

noun

1. a Chinese puzzle in which a square, cut into a parallelogram, a square, and five triangles, is formed into figures

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Etymology

Origin of tangram

1860–65; tang-, perhaps < Chinese Táng T'ang, i.e., Chinese + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

Also included are seven tangram puzzle pieces, which you can scan into special puzzles and play with both digitally and physically.

From The Verge

Image: Amazon Amazon will similarly sell add-on packs for the Glow, and the company uses the included tangrams as an example of what to expect.

From The Verge

Those activities are building bridges for the hex bugs, creating mazes for the hex bugs, building rockets out of straws, painting with a pendulum and putting together paper puzzles called tangrams.

From Washington Times

Today’s challenges are twofold: first, solve the tangrams in this column below.

From The Guardian

When I drove every twist of that district, I was intrigued by an assortment of tangram shapes at its very crown, a tumor growing from the snake’s head.

From Salon