Definitions for rectangle

rectangle rec·tan·gle

Spelling: [rek-tang-guh l]
IPA: /ˈrɛkˌtæŋ gəl/

Rectangle is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 516 anagrams from letters in rectangle (aceeglnrt).

Definitions for rectangle

noun

  1. a parallelogram having four right angles.

Origin of rectangle

1565-75; Medieval Latin rēctangulum, Late Latin rēctiangulum right-angled triangle (noun use of neuter of rēctiangulus having a right angle), equivalent to rēcti- recti-

Examples for rectangle

They formed a rectangle as long as a little finger and as wide.

I turn the business letter one quarter turn to the right and roll it again into a rectangle, folding this into thirds.

In the same way that square or rectangle frames separate a work of art from “reality,” our homes frame, define and separate us.

“I care only about what is on the square or rectangle in front of me,” he said.

For the rectangle of the segments, and the quadrate, are made of one side, and of the segments of the other.

In this rectangle, the red sand of the desert lay clear and stark.

Her little four-year-old boy who was with her said, “rectangle.”

The comparison or rate of a quadrate with a rectangle is first.

A rectangle of blue and hazy light was framed by the dark wall.

This is the rate of a quadrate with a rectangle and a quadrate.

Word Value for rectangle
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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