parallelepiped

/ˌpɛrəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪd/
noun
  1. A solid shape with six faces, each of which is a parallelogram; like a box whose sides are not necessarily at right angles.
    • The crystal formed a perfect parallelepiped with slanted sides.
    • The building's design was based on a tilted parallelepiped.
    • In geometry class, we calculated the volume of a parallelepiped.
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