Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Four-cornered; four-angled; having four angles.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.

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  • adjective Having the shape of a quadrangle; In the shape of a quadrangle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle

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Examples

  • Madame Saillard's face, despite its wrinkles, was expressive of obstinacy and severity, narrowness of ideas, an uprightness that might be called quadrangular,

    Bureaucracy Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • The surface sand seemed to reproduce to a certain extent the form of the structures that were down below, such as quadrangular buildings, walls, domes, etc.

    Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

  • "We have lined up a series of matches and will also be competing in the quadrangular which is organised by MASUM.

    unknown title 2008

  • Now, in addition to a recent Ashes game and a World Cup qualification tournament in Bangladesh later in the year, there are increasingly frequent events such as the quadrangular tournament in Sri Lanka in April between Ireland, the Netherlands, Pakistan and the hosts, or the six-team competition in South Africa in October, which featured the fifth- to 10th-ranked sides.

    Women's Cricket Scores With Investment, Interest Richard Lord 2011

  • England's women continued their impressive response to the loss of the Ashes last winter by beating Australia in the final of the NatWest quadrangular Twenty20 tournament at the Rose Bowl on Monday.

    England's women beat Australia in Twenty20 final 2011

  • Now, in addition to a recent Ashes game and a World Cup qualification tournament in Bangladesh later in the year, there are increasingly frequent events such as the quadrangular tournament in Sri Lanka in April between Ireland, the Netherlands, Pakistan and the hosts, or the six-team competition in South Africa in October, which featured the fifth- to 10th-ranked sides.

    Women's Cricket Scores With Investment, Interest Richard Lord 2011

  • England begin a 50-over quadrangular series against Australia, New Zealand and India when they face India in Derby on Thursday.

    England's women beat Australia in Twenty20 final 2011

  • An adviser cautioned President James Madison that if the U.S. occupied West Florida, the move would invite the wrath of Britain, Spain and France, possibly touching off "not a triangular, but a quadrangular contest."

    When the Bayou Broke Away Stuart Ferguson 2011

  • England's women continued their impressive response to the loss of the Ashes last winter by beating Australia in the final of the NatWest quadrangular Twenty20 tournament at the Rose Bowl on Monday.

    England's women beat Australia in Twenty20 final 2011

  • England begin a 50-over quadrangular series against Australia, New Zealand and India when they face India in Derby on Thursday.

    England's women beat Australia in Twenty20 final 2011

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