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rhomboid


  • n  a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
  • n  any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
  • a  shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid
    rhomboidal shapes

  • Two or three snips later a rhomboid shape drops free.
  • A rhomboid-shaped, mirror-walled building, it rises 60 stories from a site on Copley Square and looms over the elegant, residential Back Bay district.
  • Architects topped the Siam Intercontinental with a rhomboid-ziggurat roof styled after the coronation hat of Thai kings.
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  • Chris Young in MLB.com
    The run support was awesome,Young said, "and the defense was great, too. Everything was in sync -- good rhythm, good tempo, and the rhomboid [strained muscle that forced him to skip his last start] felt good, too. It was a good night. I'd...

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