oval
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oval/ˈəʊvl/
▶adjective having a rounded and slightly elongated outline; egg-shaped. ▶noun an oval body, object, or design.
■ an oval sports field or track.
■ a ground for Australian Rules football.
– derivatives
ovality noun,
ovalness noun.
ovality noun,
ovalness noun.
– origin C16: from Fr., or mod. L. ovalis, from L. ovum ‘egg’.
'oval' also found in these Oxford entries:
acorn
- adder's tongue
- almond
- almond eyes
- American football
- amphitheatre
- Australian Rules
- bidet
- buckle
- cacao
- cartouche
- chiton
- circus
- coconut
- cornelian cherry
- cylinder
- date
- drumlin
- durian
- egg
- ellipse
- eyespot
- filbert
- fish kettle
- hornbeam
- hurling
- Indy
- Jaffa
- John Dory
- King Edward
- lanceolate
- lemon
- macula
- Maris Piper
- marquise
- médaillon
- medallion
- Mills bomb
- monocyte
- morel
- myrtle
- olive
- otolith
- Oval Office
- ovate
- ovoid
- oyster
- paramecium
- peanut
