Definition of pentagonus
1. Pentagon [ n ] a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
Used in print:(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)
Willow_Run , General_Electric 's enormous installations at Louisville and Syracuse , the Pentagon , Boeing in Seattle , Douglas and Lockheed in Los_Angeles , the new automobile assembly plants everywhere - none of these is substantially served by any sort of conventional mass_rapid_transit .
(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)
When he was in the war , he was in Law or Supplies or something like that , and an old buddy of his told me he would come down on Sundays to the Pentagon and read the citations for medals - just like the one we sent_in for Trig - and go_away with a real glow .
Synonyms Pentagon Related Terms building government_building2. Pentagon [ n ] the United States military establishment
Used in print:(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)
It is the strategy of blockade , therefore , that is suddenly at the center of attention of administration officials , Members of Congress , officers in the Pentagon .
Synonyms Pentagon Related Terms bureaucracy military military3. pentagon [ n ] a five-sided polygon
Synonyms pentagon Related Terms polygonSimilar Spelling
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