Oblong

Quick meaning: Oblong is an adjective meaning Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.

Meaning

Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.

More Meanings

1. Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
2. (bookbinding) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
3. Something with an oblong shape.
4. A rectangle with length and width that are different.
5. An ellipse with minor and major axes that are different.
6. (transitive) To extend so as to form an oblong shape.
7. (transitive) To give an oblong shape to.

Example Sentences

Of the smaller oblong formats, none is specifically designated for music.

Mass cycles and motets had never been presented in small oblong format, so far as we can tell.

The room was quite dark. The oblong window showed the night sky pricked here and there with stars.

Plant upright spreading hardy, vigorous and productive; berry, oblong, round, medium size, sweet but rather ideipid.

Word Forms

• oblongs
• oblonging
• oblonged

Synonyms for oblong

Depending on context, synonyms include simple, long, rounded, unsubdivided.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include long, rounded, simple, unsubdivided, rectangular, elongate.

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