pentagon
1 of 2noun (1)
pen·ta·gon ˈpen-tə-ˌgän 
: a polygon of five angles and five sides
Pentagon
2 of 2noun (2)
: the U.S. military leadership
Example Sentences
Noun (1) The general attended a meeting at the Pentagon. There was disagreement between the President and the Pentagon over the new military budget.
Recent Examples on the Web
Roberta Smith, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020 If this pentagon were any bigger, five-star generals would show up for work at it. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2020 The effect is a messy storyline that feels engineered to keep season 15’s stale-back-then love pentagon going. Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020 The pentagon is turning to crowdsourcing to come with some ideas. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Feb. 2020 Preceding Orion are the bright autumn constellations Taurus the Bull, with the wonderful Pleiades star cluster, and Auriga, the constellation that looks like a lopsided pentagon with the bright star Capella. Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019 At the crime scene Sunday night, yellow police tape formed a pentagon around the intersection of North Kimball and North Allen avenues. Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2019 The images that the lines create in a mandala become symbols that can include the pentagon, meaning perfection and dots that represent everything is one. Lyndi Mcnulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Nov. 2019 His 6-foot-5 frame towers over the 17-inch rubber pentagon at his white-cleated feet. Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019 See More
Noun
One of my favorites is an untitled work that features a plushy five-point star in shades of light brown enclosed in a red pentagon that fades to pink. Roberta Smith, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020 If this pentagon were any bigger, five-star generals would show up for work at it. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2020 The effect is a messy storyline that feels engineered to keep season 15’s stale-back-then love pentagon going. Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020 The pentagon is turning to crowdsourcing to come with some ideas. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Feb. 2020 Preceding Orion are the bright autumn constellations Taurus the Bull, with the wonderful Pleiades star cluster, and Auriga, the constellation that looks like a lopsided pentagon with the bright star Capella. Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019 At the crime scene Sunday night, yellow police tape formed a pentagon around the intersection of North Kimball and North Allen avenues. Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2019 The images that the lines create in a mandala become symbols that can include the pentagon, meaning perfection and dots that represent everything is one. Lyndi Mcnulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Nov. 2019 His 6-foot-5 frame towers over the 17-inch rubber pentagon at his white-cleated feet. Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Greek pentagōnon, from neuter of pentagōnos pentagonal, from penta- + gōnia angle — more at -gon
Noun (2)
the Pentagon building, headquarters of the Department of Defense
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1570, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1945, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing pentagon
Kids Definition
pentagon
noun
pen·ta·gon ˈpen-tə-ˌgän
: a flat geometric figure having five angles and five sides
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