oval

UK /ˈəʊvəl/ US /ˈoʊvəl/
noun 4adj 2name 2

Definitions

noun

1

An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.

2

A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.

At the far end of the wide corridor were the doors of a ward. The panels were frosted save for ovals of clear glass at face level.

3

A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.

4

In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.

adj

1

Having the shape of an oval.

2

Of or pertaining to an ovum.

oval conceptions

Every congenital abnormality is doubtless due to a peculiarity in the sperm or oval elements or in their mingling, or to some disturbance in their early development.

name

1

A cricket ground in South London.

2

Ellipsis of Oval Office.

We went to the Oval and Trump came in almost immediately […]

Musk, wearing a black “DOGE” cap and black “Dogefather” T-shirt, looked around the Oval, which Trump has tarted up to look like a Vegas gift shop, and gushed that it “finally has the majesty that it deserves, thanks to the president.”

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