prism

prism is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.
2. noun. A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc.
3. noun. A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See Form, n., 13.
4. noun. optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
5. noun. a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in prism:

prims

Common word forms

prisms, prismal, prismed

Words from these letters

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