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Oval

//ˈoʊvəl// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the shape of an oval.
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to an ovum.

    "oval conceptions"

Adjective
  1. 1
    rounded like an egg wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A cricket ground in South London.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Oval Office. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "We went to the Oval and Trump came in almost immediately […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
  2. 2
    a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it wordnet
  3. 3
    A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.

    "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."

  4. 4
    A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape. Australia
  5. 5
    In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

Etymology 2

From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

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