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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having eight sides and eight angles.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having eight angles and eight sides.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having eight sides and eight angles.

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  • adjective geometry Shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or shaped like an octagon

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Examples

  • Traditionally, the bread is baked in octagonal or hexagonal pans, but just about any shape or size can be used.

    What is panettone? | Baking Bites 2008

  • He points out that these structures were called octagonal water towers even though the actual water tank inside was cylindrical.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Philip Jackman 2012

  • He points out that these structures were called octagonal water towers even though the actual water tank inside was cylindrical.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Philip Jackman 2012

  • Daoud recalled the octagonal shape of Castello Lucera's central tower.

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

  • The spire of its fellow on the north can scarcely be called octagonal; it is square, with the angles only slightly cut down, and with slight splaying at its base.

    Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See

  • Books had been piling up in there, and there's a lot of funky space in our bathroom (It's kind of octagonal) that doesn't get used.

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2007

  • I went on up the street to the end, where it came to some kind of octagonal plaza.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

  • The now-unmistakable octagonal red sign instructing motorists in white letters to STOP was adopted throughout the United States in 1954, just in time for a new generation of fast, powerful American cars.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • “My fellow redeemed,” he begins, standing at a raised octagonal pulpit.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • The sanctuary mirrors the octagonal shape of the building itself, and five sections of pews, each five to eight rows deep, face the center, where an octagonal altar stands beneath an enormous suspended crucifix.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

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