EGAVE

triangle

About 7.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A polygon with three sides and three angles.
  2. noun A set square.
  3. noun A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
  4. noun A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
  5. noun A love triangle.
  6. noun The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
  7. noun A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
  8. noun A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.

Similar words

trigon trilateral triangular direction tripartite trio triptych delta wye pattern

Often followed by

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Word family

triangles

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