A rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
(Cake may be left in rectangular pan, if desired.). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
The first series is incorporating plain rectangular elements which participate in the creation of parabolic volumes. From Wordnik.com. [Wall Mounted Desk Office] Reference
Dembski has to call a rectangular monolith complex, which makes him look rather silly. From Wordnik.com. [SETI vs ID - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The architects dubbed the rectangular house Liquidambar in homage to the autumn colors of the trees that surround the property. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
1 whole boneless skinless chicken breast, trimmed and sliced into thin rectangular slices. From Wordnik.com. [Tigers & Strawberries » The Reason for the Season] Reference
KEVIN MORRIS. U.S. S.IPER: The MOI was an 11-story building, kind of rectangular in shape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007] Reference
We aren't all down with circle worship 'cause we're 20, and we aren't all into "rectangular" worship 'cause we're 57. From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: Sinkford: Continental YRUU will be replaced.] Reference
If it was "rectangular," that would have been fine. From Wordnik.com. [Atlanticville] Reference
Did you implement a "square" (sometimes called rectangular. From Wordnik.com. [Doom9's Forum] Reference
“He is what Barnstable calls a rectangular man,” returned Griffith, “and will have his way. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilot] Reference
"rectangular" base and short spout make it easy to store on a crowded shelf. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
"There should be a simple mast-step and crossbeam in the centre of the hull, but instead it's some kind of rectangular structure. From Wordnik.com. [Crusader Gold]
We sit at rectangular tables, formed into a square. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Young Aesthetes] Reference
Should two rectangular pieces, for example, be placed side by side?. From Wordnik.com. [Mixed Media] Reference
Best of all, enjoy fitting the rectangular card into the circular CD drive. From Wordnik.com. [You Can Boot It Up] Reference
Soon we exited onto a massive limestone colonnade bordered by rectangular pylons. From Wordnik.com. [A Chance to Honor Our Best Ambassadors] Reference
She saw Oryn took a rectangular flashlight from Jonas and remembered what it did. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.8: Realization] Reference
I'm not going to border-radius anything yet (I prefer rectangular shapes), no worries. From Wordnik.com. [teddy-risation™] Reference
Sony's other frames use a more rectangular 16: 9 aspect ratio, which is what most HDTVs use. From Wordnik.com. [Cool camera accessories for the holidays] Reference
A rectangular room with a door, the layout was "pretty basic," says their mother, Heidi Grothus. From Wordnik.com. [Kids With Autism Love This Software] Reference
It just sat atop the halved TV, rectangular and black, daring anyone to assign it significance. From Wordnik.com. [The Nielsens (part two)] Reference
The wing — a lightweight rectangular parachute — hovers over the skier, providing lift and drag. From Wordnik.com. [Lofty Views] Reference
The path leading to the gate is made of crushed gravel with inlaid rectangular stones and millstones. From Wordnik.com. [Green Scene: A Japanese garden's natural serenity] Reference
Matsuba rose at 3 a.m. to bind bundles of straw into rectangular pads, then sew on woven covers and silk borders. From Wordnik.com. [Is It Ta-Ta To Tatami?] Reference
In one portion of the camp, the detainees are broken up into rectangular pens with cyclone fences and concertina wire. From Wordnik.com. [Scared Straight: Iraqi Style] Reference
Farther up the ramp is a large rectangular work of metal and clay, perfectly depicting an expanse of cracked desert land. From Wordnik.com. [Surprised, General?] Reference
Karaoke makers are thinking outside the box, trading in their square systems for rectangular podiums and lightweight models. From Wordnik.com. [TECHNOLOGY: IT'S MUSIC TO THEIR EARS] Reference
On the day of the test, students took their customary seats at five rectangular tables crammed together to form work spaces. From Wordnik.com. [D.C. job-training program aims to open doors -- and minds] Reference
That is, he works in oil on flat, rectangular canvases: adding no assemblages, appropriated photos or anything else peculiar. From Wordnik.com. [An Old-School Radical] Reference
But it's the small rectangular black leather case, with contrasting white stitching, that has the most value — to me at least. From Wordnik.com. [Tickets, Please] Reference
The glass, which looks like a rectangular bubble, was introduced after a failed assassination attempt on the late pontiff in 1981. From Wordnik.com. [From Horses to Horsepower] Reference
The assembly line, glass walled with blond parquet floors and subtle lighting, wraps round the rectangular building on two floors. From Wordnik.com. [Watching The Cars Roll By] Reference
Miriam Buether's brilliant design is dominated by a serpentine catwalk and two rectangular stages at either end of the auditorium. From Wordnik.com. [Earthquakes in London] Reference
Consumers wanted the impossible: a long, rectangular keyboard that would fit into the small square case of an ultraportable computer. From Wordnik.com. [Big Blue's Butterfly] Reference
Liu on the putting green at Stonebridge, his home course in Smithtown, N.Y. Jim is 5-foot-9 and sports black-rimmed, rectangular glasses. From Wordnik.com. [A Golfing Phenom on the Fast Track] Reference
The same goes for rectangular tiles (which look the same rotated one fourth the way around) or hexagonal tiles (one sixth the way around). From Wordnik.com. [Islam Got It First] Reference
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