egglike

Examples

• All

• His straight, ash-blond hair sticks to his elongated, egglike skull as if electrified.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Fayer notes that one University of Texas study showed humans can become infected by swallowing as few as 30 oocysts, the egglike stage of the parasite that is excreted in the feces of infected people and animals.

  Academic text (1996)

• The moon was yellowish, egglike, ringed by a soft blur.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The soft, egglike shape of the object made it look delicate and fragile.

• The artist created an egglike sculpture that sat perfectly in the center of the gallery.

Synonyms

E

elliptical

vsegglike

12 4.5

Having an oval shape like an egg

is more everyday and natural sounding than this geometric or design term

E

egg-shaped

vsegglike

3 2.5

Having a shape like an egg

is the common everyday word used for that same tapered rounded form

O

ovoid

vsegglike

1 6.1

Having a rounded shape like an egg

is the basic everyday label for that narrowed rounded form

O

oval-shaped

vsegglike

1 3.0

A shape that is long and round like an egg

is the more natural, organic word rather than this neutral geometric outline term

O

oviform

vsegglike

• Specialized

9.1

Shaped like an egg

is the general everyday word rather than a specialised label for the same form

E

eggy

vsegglike

3.3

Shaped like an egg

is the straightforward standard term for that same rounded tapered appearance

O

ovoidal

vsegglike

6.6

Shaped like an egg

is the plain common term used for that same three-dimensional tapering shape

How Egg-Shaped

egglike

2.5

ovoid

1 6.1

oval

38 1.0

rounded

1 2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology