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Definition of "polyhedron" [pol•y•he•dron]

  • A solid bounded by polygons. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "polyhedron" in a sentence
  • "One windowed side of the polyhedron opens to a teak deck leading into nature; and a skylight casts natural light on a workspace and sofa inside."
  • "What fiends had devised this guilt-inducing polyhedron?"
  • "“Each one is a perfect twelve-sided polyhedron, yet less than half a micron in diameter.”"