Associations to the word «Pentagon»

Wiktionary

PENTAGON, noun. (geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.
PENTAGON, proper noun. The headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense.

Dictionary definition

PENTAGON, noun. A government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
PENTAGON, noun. The United States military establishment.
PENTAGON, noun. A five-sided polygon.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats