square


square - noun

  • (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
  • the product of two equal terms
  • an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
  • something approximating the shape of a square
  • someone who doesn't understand what is going on
  • a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
  • any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
  • a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles

    • square - verb

    • make square
    • raise to the second power
    • cause to match, as of ideas or acts
    • position so as to be square
    • be compatible with
    • pay someone and settle a debt
    • turn the paddle; in canoeing
    • turn the oar, while rowing

    square - adjective

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