oval

[ oh-vuh l ]

/ ˈoʊ vəl /

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adjective

having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.

ellipsoidal or elliptical.

noun

an object of oval shape.

a body or plane figure that is oval in shape or outline.

an elliptical field or a field on which an elliptical track is laid out, as for athletic contests.

Informal. a football.

Origin of oval

1560–70; < New Latin ōvālis, equivalent to Latin ōv(um) egg¹ + -ālis -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM oval

o·val·ly, adverb o·val·ness, noun half-o·val, adjective, noun pseu·do·o·val, adjective

pseu·do·o·val·ly, adverb sem·i·o·val, adjective sem·i·o·val·ly, adverb sem·i·o·val·ness, noun

Words nearby oval

ouzo, ouémé, ov language, ov-, ova, oval, oval amputation, oval foramen, oval fossa, oval kumquat, oval of cassini

Example sentences from the Web for oval

His Oval Office radio addresses were famously labeled “Fireside Chats” and he called listening citizens “my friends.”

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Do Americans prefer a stressed out president — no fun, no sun, no life outside of the Oval Office or the Situation Room?

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These terms still apply even when the other guy is in the Oval Office.

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A two-year-long campaign will be difficult; an eight-year stint in the Oval Office almost unimaginably so.

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One of the pictures showed Vice President Dick Cheney outside the Oval Office, hands cupped in front of his groin.

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On each side is an emblematic figure enclosed in an oval; the figures are different, but their surroundings are alike.

English Embroidered Bookbindings |Cyril James Humphries Davenport
Bracelets were mostly formed of bands of velvet with oval clasps.

Jewellery |H. Clifford Smith,
Palpi, oval, outer and inner margins nearly alike, thickly clothed with spines.

A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) |Charles Darwin
The oval, tear-swept face was dangerously close to his now, and set his blood racing again in all the quick, hot madness of youth.

The Ebbing Of The Tide |Louis Becke
Some claim that there is a little dot to the left of the oval frame, but this is probably only a transfer guide.

Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for oval (1 of 2)

oval

/ (ˈəʊvəl) /

adjective

having the shape of an ellipse or ellipsoid

noun

anything that is oval in shape, such as a sports ground

Derived forms of oval

ovally, adverb ovalness or ovality (əʊˈvælɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for oval

C16: from Medieval Latin ōvālis, from Latin ōvum egg

British Dictionary definitions for oval (2 of 2)

Oval

/ (ˈəʊvəl) /

noun

the Oval a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth

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