pentagon
nounUK /ˈpen.tə.ɡən/
US /ˈpen.tə.ɡɑːn/
A pentagon is a flat shape with five straight sides.
The drawing showed a pentagon with five equal sides.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The Pentagon is the large five-sided building in the United States where the country's military leaders work.
The reporters waited outside the Pentagon for news.
3. A pentagon can mean any building or room built in the shape of a five-sided figure.
The museum's new hall is a glass pentagon.
4. In geometry, a regular pentagon is a five-sided shape where all sides and angles are equal.
Each angle inside a regular pentagon measures 108 degrees.