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Definition of tangram noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tangram

noun

/ˈtæŋɡræm/

/ˈtæŋɡræm/

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a Chinese game consisting of a square cut into seven pieces that you arrange to make various other shapes
Word Originmid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

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