"pentangle" meaning in English

See pentangle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pentangles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pentangel. By surface analysis, pent- + angle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pentangel}} Middle English pentangel, {{surf|en|pent-|angle}} By surface analysis, pent- + angle Head templates: {{en-noun}} pentangle (plural pentangles)
  1. A pentagram.
    Sense id: en-pentangle-en-noun-S7GhSNiJ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pent-, Freemasonry, Paganism Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pent-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Freemasonry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Paganism: 50 50
  2. (rare) A pentagon. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-pentangle-en-noun-GnjT9Zur Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pent-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Five, Freemasonry, Paganism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pent-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Five: 8 92 Disambiguation of Freemasonry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Paganism: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Wicca Disambiguation of Wicca: 0 0

Inflected forms

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