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Plural of rectangle

regular plural

The plural of rectangle is rectangles.

Forms of rectangle

Singularrectangle /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/
Pluralrectangles
Countablecountable

Rectangles in a sentence

  • All triangles, all rectangles, and all cyclic quadrilaterals are cyclic-inscriptable.From the entry cyclic-inscriptable
  • Cut rounds with a biscuit-cutter or glass, or cut rectangles with a knife.2021 June 23, “Buttermilk Biscuits”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 143, number 174, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page L4, column 5. From the entry biscuit-cutter
  • I watch those little rectangles as they scroll down from the top.2017, Patricia Taxxon, “Player Piano”, in Black and White. From the entry scroll
  • Another tradition places the descriptions of events or scenes in smaller rectangles set within panels.2009, Natalie M[yra] Rosinsky, “Setting the Scene”, in Write Your Own Graphic Novel, Mankato, Minn.: Compass Point Books, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry box
  • These are used as modules in existence proofs for GOE's within various rectangles, some quite cozy.1991 March 28, Bill Gosper, “on Life (and Death)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry goe

Meaning of rectangle

  1. noun Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
  2. noun Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
  3. noun A right angle.

Full definition of rectangle

Questions about the plural of rectangle

What is the plural of rectangle?
The plural of rectangle is rectangles.
Is rectangle countable?
Rectangle is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rectangle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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