Associations to the word «Trapezoid»

Wiktionary

TRAPEZOID, noun. (geometry) (US) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
TRAPEZOID, noun. (geometry) (British) (AU) (NZ) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel and no equal sides.
TRAPEZOID, noun. (anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
TRAPEZOID BONE, noun. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones of the wrist.
TRAPEZOID BONES, noun. Plural of trapezoid bone

Dictionary definition

TRAPEZOID, noun. A quadrilateral with two parallel sides.
TRAPEZOID, noun. The wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones.

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