octagonal

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Original plans called for an octagonal building with a grand piano.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

There’s dark woodwork, octagonal pillars, curlicues of ironwork in the old-fashioned windows, carved details of garlands and flowers and urns.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

The bronze sword with an octagonal hilt was found in a grave in the southern town of Nördlingen.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

The octagonal wooden structure dates to 1842, although a lighthouse has been at the site since 1768.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2023

The walls were pale yellow, made of octagonal stone blocks framed by redwood siding along the roofline.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides