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Meanings of oval in English

Portuguese
oval
Catalan
el·lipse
Spanish
óvalo

A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.

        oval

        Rounded like an egg.

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            Usage of oval in English
            1
            In all birds they are oval; in all mammals they are round.
            The History of a Mouthful of Bread / And its effect on the organ...
            2
            The shape is pyriform in 2, oval to roundish in the remainder.
            The Pagan Tribes of Borneo / A Description of Their Physical Mor...
            3
            The oval contains an internal grating that drifts from right to left.
            Wired
            4
            The features were slightly aquiline; the head was oval and admirably poised.
            What Dreams May Come
            5
            Another moment and the chief dancer of the Potlatch entered the oval.
            Where the Sun Swings North
            6
            These canals terminate in the bladder, an oval-shaped reservoir for the urine.
            Common Diseases of Farm Animals
            7
            Her face was a regular oval, like the opening in a wishbone.
            The Forest
            8
            And inside the oval, in strangely intricate letters, he saw the title:
            The Neverending Story
            9
            The oval doubled back, continued to the right, then started probing downward.
            Bones Are Forever
            10
            The picture was set all round with pearls in an oval ring.
            Robert Falconer
            11
            You only want to use big plum tomatoes: the long-looking, oval-shaped ones.
            Skinny italian: eat it and enjoy it
            12
            By late afternoon, a large portion of the grassy oval remained empty.
            Reuters
            13
            The kzin lifted off, eased his flycycle through a great oval window.
            Ringworld
            14
            Santa Anita starts its long distance turf races off the main oval.
            The Irish Times
            15
            His fingers smoothed the oval brown breast of the instrument with affection.
            The World for Sale, Volume 2.
            16
            The oval of that great lid stood up against the forest background.
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            Translations for oval
            Portuguese
            ovalelipse
            Spanish
            óvalo
            Oval through the time
            Oval across language varieties
            United States of America
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Common
            Ireland
            Common