octagonal
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Original plans called for an octagonal building with a grand piano.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
The gothic building with its octagonal tower was once home to Hammer Horror Studios.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
The sword, featuring a distinct octagonal hilt, was so well-preserved by the elements in the millennia since it was buried that it still has a shine and sheen.
From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2023
On Sunday, an octagonal structure with strings hanging off it and no evident payload was hit over Lake Huron.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023
The third kind were large wooden houses with broad porches that ran around the buildings; they had odd shapes, round towers, octagonal bays, balconies.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
