triangle

triangle
[[t]tra͟ɪæŋg(ə)l[/t]]
triangles
1) N-COUNT A triangle is an object, arrangement, or flat shape with three straight sides and three angles.

This design is in pastel colours with three rectangles and three triangles...

Its outline roughly forms an equilateral triangle.

...triangles of fried bread.

...the great triangle of the Lancashire textile towns, stretching from Manchester up as far as Burnley and across to Accrington.

2) N-COUNT: usu sing, the N The triangle is a musical instrument that consists of a piece of metal shaped like a triangle. You play it by hitting it with a short metal bar.
3) N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp If you describe a group of three people as a triangle, you mean that they are all connected with each other in a particular situation, but often have different interests.
→ See also eternal triangle

She plays a French woman in a love triangle with Jonathan Pryce and Christopher Walken.

...the classic triangle of husband, wife and mistress.


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