oval-shaped

Examples

• All

• Pretty face, oval-shaped, high cheekbones, dark inviting eyes.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Angle stops are cutoff valves with an oval-shaped handle generally located just below kitchen and bathroom sinks.

  Academic text (2002)

• I think its handle is 20-22 inches in length, and the head is big and oval-shaped.

  Blog text (9)

• The emergency operations center of the Joint Chiefs, five stories underground, is a huge oval-shaped room on two levels.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I had hoped to find a more oval-shaped pumpkin, but the color was too perfect to pass up.

  Blog text (9)

• In the Godiva box: a single mouth-watering oval-shaped piece of chocolate...

  Fiction book (2000)

• Soil from this oval-shaped pit should yield information about the health and diet of Iceland's earliest settlers.

  Academic text (2007)

• Each seat also had a wide, oval-shaped heads-up display, or HUD, that would project flight and attack information on the windscreen.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Dull lights from naked, oval-shaped bulbs in antique, brazen wall sconces.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The centerpiece of the lobby is an oversize, oval-shaped skylight that bathes the space in light.

Synonyms

O

oval

vsoval-shaped

38 1.0

Having a rounded shape that is slightly longer than a circle, like an egg

is the adjectival phrase offering the same shape description

E

elliptical

vsoval-shaped

12 4.5

Having an oval shape like an egg

is the same meaning but expressed with a different word form

E

egg-shaped

vsoval-shaped

3 2.5

Having a shape like an egg

is the more general term not stressing tapering at one end

O

ovoid

vsoval-shaped

1 6.1

Having a rounded shape like an egg

focuses more on the flat, elongated outline than on fullness

P

prolate

vsoval-shaped

• Specialized

1 9.9

Longer than it is wide, like an egg or rugby ball

is less focused on strong axial stretching and more on simple elongation

F

football-shaped

vsoval-shaped

1 2.8

Shaped like an oval with rounded ends similar to a football

is more neutral and does not imply equal end shapes or length

E

elliptic

vsoval-shaped

6.5

A shape like an egg or an oval

is the everyday expression for that same elongated outline

O

ovoidal

vsoval-shaped

6.6

Shaped like an egg

is more about the simple two dimensional elongated outline

O

oviform

vsoval-shaped

• Specialized

9.1

Shaped like an egg

describes the same outline shape rather than three dimensional bulk

E

egglike

vsoval-shaped

2.5

Shaped like an egg

is broader and focuses on the simple stretched outline

E

eggy

vsoval-shaped

3.3

Shaped like an egg

is the neutral descriptive phrase rather than casual or playful

O

ovate

vsoval-shaped

• Specialized

7.2

Having an egg shape that is wider near the base, often for leaves

is the general shape term not tied to base position

How Oval

elongated

9 4.5

oblong

5 4.6

elliptical

12 4.5

oval-shaped

1 3.0

rounded

1 2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology