trapezoid

Noun

trapezoid (plural trapezoids)

1. (Canada, US) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
   • There was a trapezoid of light on his shoulder, some bright fragment torn from a greater plane.2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 178
   • The dining room was closed (this was the height of the pandemic), but peeking through the trapezoid windows, Mr. Pujol, 53, saw the Pizza Hut of his childhood.2026 March 3, Steven Kurutz, “That Red Roof! Those Tiffany Lamps! It’s a Pizza Hut From the Past.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   trapezium

2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel.

   Synonyms:

   irregular quadrilateral, trapezium

3. The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
4. The marked trapezoidal area immediately behind the goal line and the goal itself within which the goaltender may touch the puck.