Definition of RECTANGLE

rectangle

Plural: rectangles

Noun

  • a parallelogram with four right angles
  • Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
  • Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
  • A right angle.
  • The product of two quantities.

Adj

  • Right-angled.

Examples

  • a rectangle triangle

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).

Scrabble Score: 12

rectangle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rectangle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rectangle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

rectangle: valid Words With Friends Word