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Rectangular vs Mudflap - What's the difference?

rectangular | mudflap |

As an adjective rectangular

is having a shape like a rectangle.

As a noun mudflap is

a rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle.

rectangular

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Having a shape like a rectangle.
  • Having axes that meet each other with right angles.

    • mudflap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia mudflap)
  • A rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle.
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    • , passage=Yohji Yamamoto showed Alpine knits with cropped black trousers, fresh-looking coats in vanilla-colored wool, and knits and other wool colors embellished with the sort of female pinup images you see on old gas-station calendars or on the mudflaps of an 18-wheeler. }}

    Derived terms

    * mudflap girl