rectangles
Squares' longer cousins
Rectangles is the plural of rectangle, a four-sided figure with four right angles.
Squares are technically rectangles, though in common usage rectangle implies unequal sides.
The shape dominates human construction—doors, windows, screens, books, tables: The room was filled with rectangles.
Smallest display unit
- buttonDisc through a hole
- text boxData entry rectangle
- toolbarSoftware button strip
- dialog boxInterface element requesting input
icon · banner · thumbnail · viewport · container · div · bounding box · selection
Four-sided closed figure
- parallelogramQuadrilateral with paired parallels
- polygonMultisided plane figure
- right anglesNinety-degree intersections
- verticesCorner points of shapes
sides · perpendicular · diagonal · area · perimeter · congruent · similar · plane
Architectural room arrangement
- roomEnclosed interior area
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- footprintMark from stepping
- lotLarge amount or portion
parcel · facade · elevation · blueprint · plaza · courtyard · atrium · lobby
Lidded storage container
- frameSupporting outer structure
- windowGlass-fitted wall opening
- doorHinged room barrier
- screenDisplay or barrier
table · book · brick · tile · panel · envelope · card · billboard
Trial venue or sports surface
- fieldArea of specialty
- goalDesired end result
- penalty areaGoalkeeper's restricted zone
- free throw laneRestricted basketball court area
boxing ring · wrestling mat · pool · lane · backboard · tennis court · soccer pitch · crease
pixel
Smallest display unit
dialog box · icon · banner · thumbnail · viewport · container · div · bounding box · selection · crop
quadrilateral
Four-sided closed figure
- parallelogramQuadrilateral with paired parallels
- polygonMultisided plane figure
- right anglesNinety-degree intersections
vertices · sides · perpendicular · diagonal · area · perimeter · congruent · similar · plane · Euclidean
floor plan
Architectural room arrangement
- roomEnclosed interior area
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- footprintMark from stepping
lot · parcel · facade · elevation · blueprint · plaza · courtyard · atrium · lobby · hallway
box
Lidded storage container
screen · table · book · brick · tile · panel · envelope · card · billboard · mattress
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- fieldArea of specialty
- goalDesired end result
- penalty areaGoalkeeper's restricted zone
free throw lane · boxing ring · wrestling mat · pool · lane · backboard · tennis court · soccer pitch · crease · endzone
- geometryangles, circles, angle, shapes, lines
- mathaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebra
- grid termscolumns, rows, cells, squares, tiles
- logic puzzlessudoku, skyscraper, tapa, cave, corral
- tessellationstessellation, tiles, hexagons, squares, triangles
- topiaryboxwood, privet, yew, spiral, cone
- rounded rectangle
- golden rectangleRectangle with phi ratio