Trapezoidal

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In the shape of a trapezoid, or having some faces which have one pair of parallel sides.

    "On the each end was a leanback made of willow rods tied together in a tapered trapezoidal form set at an angle. Covers of buffalo hide with the hair on and quillwork designs were draped over the leanback and bed surface."

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling a trapezoid wordnet

Example

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"On the each end was a leanback made of willow rods tied together in a tapered trapezoidal form set at an angle. Covers of buffalo hide with the hair on and quillwork designs were draped over the leanback and bed surface."

Etymology

From trapezoid + -al.

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