1. A five-sided polygon

1. A government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense 
2. The United States military establishment

Derived forms: pentagons

See also: pentagonal

Type of: bureaucracy, bureaucratism, government building, polygon, polygonal shape

Encyclopedia: Pentagon Pentagon, Virginia

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