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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal;

2. any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade;
[syn: rhomboid, rhomboid muscle]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid;
- Example: "rhomboidal shapes"
[syn: rhomboid, rhomboidal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rhomboid \Rhom"boid\ (r[o^]m"boid), n. [Gr. ??? rhomboidal; ???
   rhomb + e'i^dos shape: cf. F. rhombo["i]de.] (Geom.)
   An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only
   the opposite sides equal, the length and with being
   different.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rhomboid \Rhom"boid\ (r[o^]m"boid), a.
   Same as Rhomboidal.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rhomboid
    adj 1: shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes"
           [syn: rhomboid, rhomboidal]
    n 1: a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an
         oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides
         equal
    2: any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the
       shoulder blade [syn: rhomboid, rhomboid muscle]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "rhomboid":
   bend, bias, cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diagonal,
   diced, foursquare, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure,
   oblique line, oblong, orthogonal, quadrangular, quadrate,
   quadriform, quadrilateral, rectangular, rhombic, scratch comma,
   separatrix, slant, slash, solidus, square, tetragonal, tetrahedral,
   transverse, trapezohedral, trapezoid, virgule