oval
Plural: ovals
Noun
- An egg-shaped figure or object, wider than a circle.
- a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
- An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
- A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
- In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
- A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
Adjective Satellite
- rounded like an egg
Adj
- Having the shape of an oval.
- Of or pertaining to an ovum.
Examples
- She drew an OVAL on her scratch pad, planning out her next high-scoring Words With Friends move.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.
Synonyms
egg-shaped, ellipse, elliptic, elliptical, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate, ovaline, ovular
Scrabble Score: 7
oval: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoval: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
oval: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary