Pentagon - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Pentagon :  (noun)
1: a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense [syn: Pentagon]
2: the United States military establishment [syn: Pentagon]
3: a five-sided polygon

Based on WordNet 2.0

Pentagon : \Pen"ta*gon\, n. [Gr. ?; ? (see Penta-) _ gwni`a angle: cf. L. pentagonium, F. pentagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles.

Regular pentagon, a pentagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides all equal.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Pentagon, DC Zip code(s): 20301

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Pentagon

gay_guys: The success of the troop surge he ordered, while the Pentagon announced the first U.S. forces in the surge will deploy later this month.
YoukoKaulitz: @nayn LK was easy damn it ! they just asked us to draw a Pentagon . and the fig of eq. area is exactly like in our exercise :D
okieoilman: RT @colmanjones: 9/11: Pentagon Aircraft Hijack Impossible: Flight deck door closed for entire flight? http://bit.ly/6f44QB
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