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Definition of: rhomboid
(rom′boid) nw. Geom.
1. A parallelogram having opposite sides and opposite angles equal but no right angle.
2. A solid bounded by such parallelograms.
—adjective
1. Having the character or shape of a rhomboid.
2. Having a shape approaching that of a rhombus, as one of two muscles attached to the shoulder blades. [<F rhomboïde]
—rhom·boi·dal (rom·boid′l) adjective
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