A prism is a three-dimensional figure with two parallel congruent faces, called bases, and lateral faces in the shape of parallelograms. Prisms are named according to the shape of their bases. A prism whose bases and lateral faces are rectangles. A rectangular prism whose faces are squares. A three-dimensional shape with two parallel congruent circular faces whose cross sections (taken parallel to these circular faces) are circular. A cone is like a pyramid with a circular base.