octagonal
pronunciation
How to pronounce octagonal in British English:
UK [ɒk'tæɡənl]
How to pronounce octagonal in American English:
US [ɑkˈtæɡənəl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or shaped like an octagon
Word Origin
- octagonal (adj.)
- 1570s, from octagon + -al (1).
Example
- 1. Todd sat in the chair , his head tipped back and immobilized inside an octagonal metal cage .
- 2. The corridors are decorated by windows of every shape : spuare , round , hexagonal and octagonal .
- 3. Inside this octagonal room in lord shen 's tower " we were trying to find a way to create a space for the peacock and basically have a throne but not be literal to a human throne , " mr. zibach said .
- 4. As the people 's chamber , the house of representatives was accessible to the public , situated in a high-ceilinged octagonal room on the ground floor , while the senate met in a second-floor room on the wall street side , buffering it from popular pressure .