SQUARING

(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon

Example: "You can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"

• foursquare  22

• regular polygon
• rectangle  12

• quadrate  18

The product of two equal terms

Example: "Nine is the second power of three"

• second power

An open area at the meeting of two or more streets

• public square

• parcel  10
• parcel of land
• piece of ground
• piece of land
• tract  7

• piazza  26
• place  9
• plaza  16

Something approximating the shape of a square

Someone who doesn't understand what is going on

• lame  6

A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

• square toes

Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles

Example: "A checkerboard has 64 squares"

A hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles

Example: "The carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"

• hand tool

• carpenter's square
• try square
• t-square