Oval

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Resembling an egg in shape.
  • adj. Resembling an ellipse in shape; elliptical.
  • n. An egg-shaped or elliptical form or figure.
  • n. An elliptical track, as for racing or athletic events.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.
  • n. A sporting arena etc. of this shape.
  • adj. Having the shape of an oval.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to an ovum.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception.
  • adj. Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.
  • adj. Broadly elliptical.
  • n. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
  • adj. rounded like an egg
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    rounded   
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