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Meanings of oblong in English

Oblong.

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Oblong.

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Usage of oblong in English
1
Using your hands, form the meat into an oblong or rectangular shape.
Ebony
2
The fruit is oblong and about five or six inches in length.
The Book of Household Management
3
Loreal plates small oblong; one small front and two smaller posterior oculars.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
4
In a moment the wall of water becomes compact, oblong and irregular.
My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a...
5
Then an oblong hole in the reeking blue clay, silence and worms.
The Far Horizon
6
Two oblong windows of a variety of glass impossible to float through.
A singular man
7
Under each oblong of paper was a title in old English characters.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
8
It is an oblong basin, stretching in its greater direction from N.N.W.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3: ...
9
The big oblong table had been drawn across one end of it.
The Tree of Heaven
10
Whatever they were, they were definitely coming out of their oblong homes.
The Scorch Trials
11
Suddenly the oblong patch of starlight seemed to sway to and fro.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
12
From there, he had a view into the yacht's oblong, horizontal windows.
Watch them die
13
The seeds of this flower are large and oblong, and contain oil.
Chambers's Elementary Science Readers / Book I
14
The hall that led to these steps was oblong and little furnished.
On Nothing & Kindred Subjects
15
This corner was hung with an oblong mirror, framed in wonderful ebony.
The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
16
It was folded in an oblong shape-notlike a letter, but this-
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common