Oval synonyms

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ellipse
(Geom.) The path of a point that moves so that the sum of its distances from two fixed points, the foci, is constant; closed curve formed by the section of a cone cut by a plane less steeply inclined than the side of the cone
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egg-shaped
Having the shape of an egg.
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elliptic
Marked by deliberate obscurity of style or expression.
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amygdaloid
Resembling a volcanic rock that contains many amygdules.
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elliptical
The definition of elliptical is something that resembles or relates to an ellipse, a plane that intersects a cone.
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elongate (related)
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egg-shape
a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
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ovate
(Botany) Shaped like an egg and flat, with the broad end toward the base:
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ovoid
Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.
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prolate
Having the distance between the poles longer than the equatorial diameter:
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oblong (related)
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oval-shaped (related)
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triangular (related)
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rectangular (related)
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octagonal (related)
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hexagonal (related)
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conical (related)
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almond
Made of almonds
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nummular
(Medicine): characterized by round lesions.
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spherical
(Geometry) (no comparative or superlative) Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
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spheroidal
Like a spheroid. Roughly spherical, approximately round, roughly ball shaped.
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oviform
Egg-shaped
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ellipsoidal
(Mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipsoid.
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curvilinear
(Geometry, art) Formed by curved lines.
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geometry (related)
The mathematical study of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, planes, surfaces, angles, and solids.
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ovoidal
Somewhat ovoid
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Oval Sentence Examples

  • It is oval in shape, and retains its medieval fortifications.

  • The oval leaves are dark-green above, and whitish with stellate hairs beneath, the margin entire and slightly recurved.

  • The innermost, the coprodaeum, is an oval dilatation of the end of the rectum, and attains its greatest size in those birds whose faeces are very fluid; it serves entirely as the temporary receptacle of the faeces and the urine.

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