Meaning & use
polygon
A closed, flat shape with three or more straight sides.
See it in a sentence
A triangle is a polygon with three sides.
The class sorted each polygon by its number of sides.
A note on using this word
A polygon has straight sides and a closed boundary. A circle and an open zigzag are not polygons.
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