Learn about words related to ‘shapes’ and upgrade your vocabulary. Following is the list of 48 words used for different shapes:
| S.No. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Circle | A circle is round |
| 2 | Cone | A cone is a shape that has a point at one end and a circular opening at the other end. |
| 3 | Crescent | A crescent is the shape of the moon around the time of the new moon. |
| 4 | Cube | A cube is a solid geometric figure with six square faces. |
| 5 | Curve | A curve is a wavy line or surface. |
| 6 | Cylinder | A cylinder is a figure with a long round body. |
| 7 | Diamond | A diamond is a foursided figure whose sides are all the same length. People play baseball on a diamond-shaped field. |
| 8 | Dodecahedron | A dodecahedron is a twelve-sided regular geometric solid composed of pentagons. |
| 9 | Ellipse | An ellipse is a flattened circle. |
| 10 | Equilateral Triangle | The sides of an equilateral triangle are all the same length. |
| 11 | Fractal | Fractals are patterns within patterns within patterns. |
| 12 | Heart | The heart is a shape that often symbolizes love. |
| 13 | Heptagon | A heptagon is a seven-sided figure. |
| 14 | Hexaflexagon | A hexaflexagon is a folded geometric figure that can be “flexed” to expose its many sides. |
| 15 | Hexagon | A hexagon is a six sided figure. Bee hives have hexagonal cells. |
| 16 | Icosahedrons | Icosahedrons is a twenty-sided regular geometric solid. |
| 17 | Isosceles | triangle an isosceles triangle has two sides that are the same length and two angles that are the same. |
| 18 | Kite | A kite is a four-sided figure in which the two pairs of adjacent sides have the same length. |
| 19 | Line segment | A line segment is a portion of a line. |
| 20 | Möbius strip | A Möbius strip is a piece of paper with only one side! |
| 21 | Octagon | An octagon is an eight-sided figure. Stop signs are octagons. |
| 22 | Octahedron | An octahedron is an eight-sided regular geometric solid. |
| 23 | Orb | A ball-shaped object is an orb. |
| 24 | Oval | An oval is an egg shaped figure. |
| 25 | Parallelogram | A parallelogram is a four-sided figure whose opposite sides are parallel. |
| 26 | Pentagon | A pentagon is a five sided figure. . |
| 27 | Point | A point is a very small dot. |
| 28 | Polka | dots Polka dots are patterns of dots. |
| 29 | Polygon | A polygon is a many-sided figure with straight edges. |
| 30 | Polyhedron | Polyhedral are solids made from polygons. |
| 31 | Pyramid | The pyramids in Egypt are huge buildings that have a square base and triangular sides. |
| 32 | Quadrilateral | A quadrilateral is a four-sided figure. The square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, kite, and parallelogram are quadrilaterals. |
| 33 | Rectangle | A rectangle is a foursided figure whose sides are at right angles to each other. |
| 34 | Rhombus | A rhombus is a parallelogram with equal-length sides. |
| 35 | Right triangle | A right triangle has one angle that is a right angle (extending 90 degrees). |
| 36 | Round | Round things are curved. A circle is round. |
| 37 | Scalene triangle | The sides of a scalene triangle are all different lengths. |
| 38 | Semicircle | A semicircle is half a circle. |
| 39 | Shapes | Everything has a shape. |
| 40 | Sphere | A sphere is a ball shaped object. |
| 41 | Spiral | A spiral is a curve that winds in on itself. Snail shells have a spiral pattern. |
| 42 | Square | A square has four, equally long sides which are at right angles to each other. |
| 43 | Star | A star is a shape that has many points. |
| 44 | Tetrahedron | A tetrahedron is a pyramid formed by four triangles. |
| 45 | Torus | A torus is a doughnut-shaped object. |
| 46 | Trapezoid | A trapezoid is a foursided figure with two parallel sides. |
| 47 | Triangle | A triangle has three sides. |
| 48 | Zigzag | A zigzag is a line that sharply turns back and forth. |
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