oval
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- noun
- /ˈoʊvəl/
:
óvalo
- You may now ask, why is the Oval shape considered the ideal face shape?
- form an oval
- center of the oval
- axis of the oval
And then we're going to draw another Oval sideways.
- And then we're going to draw another Oval sideways.
- It was like a Oval, Oval shape with an eagle on it and the American flag.
- OK, so you should be seeing a a colored Oval labeled plank.
- So I got these, which these are like more like a little cheeky, a little Oval shape.
Examples
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Her thick blond hair, braided, framed an oval face much like her mother's.
Fiction book (1991) -
Determinedly, I stare out the oval window at other planes lined up on other slushy runways.
Fiction book (1992) -
You should then be in a big oval room.
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You can see that this board is not a perfect Oval, and it's too small for this frame.
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Over to your right there, in that big white oval building, is one of our seven sports centers.
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Beneath the slanted white oval of an eyebrow marking is a small black eye.
Fiction book (1994) -
That's an oval.
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The artist drew an oval around the main subject to highlight it.
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During the meeting, the table was arranged in an oval shape to encourage discussion.
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The garden path was lined with oval stones that added a unique touch to the landscape.
Synonyms
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A flat curved shape like a stretched circle used for orbits and design
Compounds
- Specialized
A small membrane-covered opening in the middle ear that passes vibrations from the ear bone to the inner ear
How Elongated
Surface Forms
Morphology
oval = ov + al
The suffix '-al' is a recognizable adjectival/nominal forming element, but the root 'ov-' is a Latin combining form (not a standalone English word), so learners cannot fully deduce the meaning from familiar English components.
Etymology
Oval comes from the Latin word ovum, meaning 'egg'. So an oval is like an 'egg' — a stretched circle with no sharp corners.