Oblongate

Quick meaning: Oblongate is an adjective meaning Synonym of oblong.

Meaning

Synonym of oblong.

More Meanings

1. To extend into an oblong form; to elongate
2. To give an oblong shape to (something).

Example Sentences

This is an oblongate light material covered on one side by bony-sheath, compactly filled with smooth-white material which can be scratched by nails.

Canavalia rosea is a trailing or prostrate herb with trifoliate leaves of oblongate to orbicular leaflets and with pink flowers (Fig. 23) (Beadle et al. 1962).

As a matter of fact the medulla which is the part of the hind brain oblongates out of the skull cavity as a long and thick tail or cord which, again terminates into a thin filament.

Fruit very small, the least of all the varieties, a little more long than broad, having a very conspicuous deeply marked suture, extending to the apex, on one side of which it oblongates into a very small acute nipple.

Word Forms

• oblongates
• oblongating
• oblongated

Synonyms for oblongate

Depending on context, synonyms include oblong.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include oblongish, oblong, polylobated, obloid, oblongular, superelongated.

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