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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

attribute go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

shape, form go
the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance

solid go
a three-dimensional shape

polyhedron
a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces

noun.shape

14 Subcategories

convex polyhedron go
a polyhedron any plane section of which is a convex polygon
concave polyhedron go
a polyhedron some of whose plane sections are concave polygons
prism go
a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
pyramid go
a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
tetrahedron go
any polyhedron having four plane faces
pentahedron go
any polyhedron having five plane faces
hexahedron go
any polyhedron having six plane faces
octahedron go
any polyhedron having eight plane faces
decahedron go
any polyhedron having ten plane faces
dodecahedron go
any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
icosahedron go
any polyhedron having twenty plane faces
regular polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular convex polyhedron, Platonic body, Platonic solid, ideal solid go
any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent
prismatoid go
a polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes
trapezohedron go
a polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums