Oval-shaped synonyms

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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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elliptical
The definition of elliptical is something that resembles or relates to an ellipse, a plane that intersects a cone.
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oval
Resembling an egg in shape.
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ovate
(Botany) Shaped like an egg and flat, with the broad end toward the base:
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oviform
Egg-shaped
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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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diamond-shaped (related)
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cone-shaped (related)
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triangular-shaped (related)
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elongate (related)
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wedge-shaped (related)
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Find another word for oval-shaped. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for oval-shaped, like: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate, oblong, and cone-shaped.
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Oval-shaped Sentence Examples

  • The fish is also said to be represented in the oval-shaped figure, pointed at both ends, and formed by the intersection of two circles.

  • The largest and most productive field is that of Diamantina on the head-waters of the Jequitinhonha River, where diamonds were discovered about 1725, and where the celebrated "diamond reservation" - an oval-shaped territory 8 leagues wide by 16 leagues long (Mawe), with Tejuco, now Diamantina, very nearly in the centre - was established in 1730.

  • The older amphorae were oval-shaped, such as the vases filled with oil for prizes at the Panathenaic festival, having on one side a figure of Athena, on the other a representation of the contest; the latter were tall and slender, with voluted handles.

  • Junker, who described them as "well proportioned, though the oval-shaped head seemed somewhat too large for the size of the body."

  • Avignon, which lies on the left bank of the Rhone, a few miles above its confluence with the Durance, occupies a large oval-shaped area not fully populated, and covered in great part by parks and gardens.

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