rhomboid
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1rhom·boid
noun \ˈräm-ˌbȯid\Definition of RHOMBOID
: a parallelogram with no right angles and with adjacent sides of unequal length
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Origin of RHOMBOID
Middle French rhomboïde, from Latin rhomboides, from Greek rhomboeidēs resembling a rhombus, from rhombos
First Known Use: 1570
Rhymes with RHOMBOID
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
2rhom·boid
adjective \ˈräm-ˌbȯid\Definition of RHOMBOID
: shaped somewhat like a rhombus or rhomboid
Variants of RHOMBOID
rhom·boid or rhom·boi·dal \räm-ˈbȯi-dəl\
First Known Use of RHOMBOID
circa 1693
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