| ADJECTIVE | all | oval, egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate | rounded like an egg |
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| NOUN | shape | oval, ellipse | a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it |
| Sounds | ow'vahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | rounded like an egg. | |
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| Synonyms | egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate | |
| Broader | rounded | curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged |
| Nouns | oval | a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it |
| Meaning | A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it. | |
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| Synonym | ellipse | |
| Narrower | circle | ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length |
| Broader | conic section, conic | (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone |
| Adjectives | oval | rounded like an egg |