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oval

noun
/ˈəʊvəl/UK/ˈoʊvəl/US

Etymology

From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

  1. derived from ovalis

Definitions

  1. An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.

    • Near-synonym: ellipse

  2. A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.

    • At the far end of the wide corridor were the doors of a ward. The panels were frosted save for ovals of clear glass at face level.

  3. A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a…

      In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.

    2. Having the shape of an oval.

    3. Of or pertaining to an ovum.

      • oval conceptions
      • Every congenital abnormality is doubtless due to a peculiarity in the sperm or oval elements or in their mingling, or to some disturbance in their early development.

    4. A cricket ground in South London.

    5. Ellipsis of Oval Office.

      • We went to the Oval and Trump came in almost immediately […]
      • Musk, wearing a black “DOGE” cap and black “Dogefather” T-shirt, looked around the Oval, which Trump has tarted up to look like a Vegas gift shop, and gushed that it “finally has the majesty that it deserves, thanks to the president.”

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Derived

Cassinian oval, Cassini oval, flat oval, hyperoval, oval of Cassini, oval squid, oval window, roval, tri-oval, bioval, circumoval, monoval, nonoval, oboval, ovalescent, ovaliform, ovaline, ovalisation, ovalish, ovality, ovalization, ovalize, ovallike, ovalling, ovally, ovalness, ovalocyte, ovaloid, oval-shaped, perioval, plurioval, semioval, squoval, suboval, trioval, unioval

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at oval. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at oval. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at oval

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA