Definizione monolingua

lozenge

lozenge (plural lozenges)

1. A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 167:

     Wherein the decussis is made within a longilaterall square, with opposite angles, acute and obtuse at the intersection; and so upon progression making a Rhombus or Lozenge figuration [...].

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 14:

     The floor is constructed from marble lozenges and triangles of every imaginable hue: yellow and pink and all manner of mottled and blotched shades, framed in white.

2. A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.

Definizione dizionario lozenge

	losanga
	rhombus

	pastiglia
	medicated sweet

	rombo
	rhombus

pasticca

Altri significati:

(geometry) A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.

A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.