Oval
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Rounded like an egg

noun


(2)   A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
"The sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"
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Noun



  1. A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.
  2. A sporting arena etc. of this shape.

  • Note: an ellipse is a precise mathematical shape, but an oval is not.
 
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