Meaning

3 senses
  1. A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle.

    Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon

    Rhomboid, Rautling

    ромбоидromboid

  2. Any of several muscles that control the shoulders.

    Rautenmuskel, Rhomboidmuskel, Rhomboid

    ромбови́дная мы́шцаrombovídnaja mýšca

    any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade

  3. A solid shape which has rhombic faces.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The rhomboid muscle is located in the upper back, and helps to connect the shoulder blades to the rib cage.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle:
muscles:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle:
muscles:

Forms

plural: rhomboids

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade:rhomboid muscle

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrhomboidal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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