tangram

[ tang-gruhm ]

noun

1. a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.

tangram

/ ˈtæŋɡræm /

noun

1. a Chinese puzzle in which a square, cut into a parallelogram, a square, and five triangles, is formed into figures

Word History and Origins

Origin of tangram¹

1860–65; tang-, perhaps < Chinese Táng T'ang, i.e., Chinese + -gram ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tangram¹

C19: perhaps from Chinese t'ang Chinese + -gram

Example Sentences

Also included are seven tangram puzzle pieces, which you can scan into special puzzles and play with both digitally and physically.

From The Verge

Image: Amazon Amazon will similarly sell add-on packs for the Glow, and the company uses the included tangrams as an example of what to expect.

From The Verge

Those activities are building bridges for the hex bugs, creating mazes for the hex bugs, building rockets out of straws, painting with a pendulum and putting together paper puzzles called tangrams.

From Washington Times

Today’s challenges are twofold: first, solve the tangrams in this column below.

From The Guardian

When I drove every twist of that district, I was intrigued by an assortment of tangram shapes at its very crown, a tumor growing from the snake’s head.

From Salon