Definition of "trapezoidal" [trap•e•zoid•al]

• In the shape of a trapezoid, or having some faces which have one pair of parallel sides. (adjective)

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• "Its messenger was not a religious work of art, but a pagan one: the ancient bronze statue of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius 121–180 riding his horse, in the most noble silence and stillness, on a pedestal that rose from the center of a 12-pointed star, in the trapezoidal piazza Michelangelo designed for the Campidoglio."
• "The five-story trapezoidal house was the home of Patricia and Francis Mason ."
• "From the kitchen window, I could see a trapezoidal sliver of Mediterranean water, which was a different color every day, a giant mood ring for the city."