triangle

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/ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/

noun 5name 5

Collocations

(noun.) shape

ADJ

equilateral, isosceles, right-angled, scalene

VERB + TRIANGLE

construct

To solve this geometry problem, we need to construct a triangle using a compass and ruler.

draw

She drew a triangle on the whiteboard to explain how the angles work.

form

cut sth into

The baker cut the dough into triangles before baking them in the oven.

PHRASES

the apex of a triangle

Definitions

noun

A polygon with three sides and three angles.

The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.

A set square.

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.

A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.

A love triangle.

One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.

name

A place in the United States:

I moved to the Triangle two years ago.

Many Triangle residents enjoy iced tea.

A place in the United States:

A community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, seemingly in Labrador.

A place in England:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromed

triangulum

noun — a three-sided polygon

trigon
trilateral

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

eternal triangle

A relationship involving three persons (usually two women and one man or two men and one woman) among whom there are conflicting and competing attachments of a romantic or emotional nature.

"There weren't even any words," she said. "He knocked Loerke down and stunned him, he half strangled me, then he went away." To herself she was saying: "A pretty little sample of t

Example Bank

The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.

Wiktionary

One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.

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I was flogged in 1840. To this day I feel a pain in the chest from the triangles.

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I moved to the Triangle two years ago.

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Many Triangle residents enjoy iced tea.

Wiktionary

The sum of all the angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees.

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Usage Notes

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