Of or pertaining to an egg.Having the shape of or resembling the longitudinal section of an egg; hence, elliptical.In zoology and botany, broadly elliptical, or elliptical with the breadth considerably more than half the length.n. A figure in the general shape of the lengthwise outline of an egg, or resembling the longitudinal section of an egg.n. Something which has such a shape, as a plot of ground, or an open place in a city: as, Berkeley oval; “The Oval” at Kensington, London.n. Specifically, same as cartouche, 4.n. See the adjectives.Of, pertaining to, or used in an ovation: as, triumphal, oval, and civil crowns.n. Specifically, in athletics, an elliptical field, or one on which an elliptical track is laid out.