Oval

Quick meaning: Oval is a noun meaning An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.

Meaning

An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.

More Meanings

1. A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
2. (Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
3. (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
4. Having the shape of an oval.
5. Of or pertaining to an ovum.

Example Sentences

oval conceptions

At the far end of the wide corridor were the doors of a ward. The panels were frosted save for ovals of clear glass at face level.

Every congenital abnormality is doubtless due to a peculiarity in the sperm or oval elements or in their mingling, or to some disturbance in their early development.

Word Forms

• ovals

Synonyms for oval

Depending on context, synonyms include ovular, ovate, ovoid, ovaline, elliptical, egg-shaped.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ovoid, prolate, ovate, elliptical, elliptic, rounded.

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