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PENTANGLE

Dictionary entry overview: What does pentangle mean?

• PENTANGLE (noun)
The noun PENTANGLE has 1 sense:

1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

Familiarity information: PENTANGLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PENTANGLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

pentacle; pentagram; pentangle

Hypernyms ("pentangle" is a kind of...):

star (a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem)

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