NOUN | artifact | Pentagon | a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense |
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group | Pentagon | the United States military establishment | |
shape | pentagon | a five-sided polygon |
Sounds | peh'nihgaa.n; peh'ntihgaa.n | |
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Rhymes | Abidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan... |
Meaning | A government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. | |
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Instance of | government building | A building that houses a branch of government |
Spanish | Pentágono, pentágono | |
Catalan | Pentàgon, pentàgon |
Meaning | The United States military establishment. | |
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Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
Broader | bureaucracy, bureaucratism | nonelective government officials |
Spanish | pentágono | |
Catalan | pentàgon |
Meaning | A five-sided polygon. | |
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Broader | polygon, polygonal shape | A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides |
Spanish | pentágono | |
Catalan | pentàgon | |
Adjectives | pentangular, pentagonal | of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon |
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