Oval - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈəʊvl|  American pronunciation of the word oval
Brit.  |ˈəʊvəl|  British pronunciation of the word oval

noun

- a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it (syn: ellipse)

adjective

- rounded like an egg (syn: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate)

Extra examples

The racetrack is an oval.

...the Oval Office in the White House...

The flint instruments of oval shape have been mostly worked by gentle blows.

Word forms

adjective
singular: oval
plural: ovals
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