Meaning & use
rectangle
A flat, four-sided shape with four right angles.
See it in a sentence
Draw a rectangle that is six centimeters long and three centimeters wide.
The border of the noticeboard forms a rectangle.
A note on using this word
A rectangle has opposite sides of equal length. A square is a special rectangle whose four sides are all equal.
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