oval

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.

   Near-synonym: ellipse

2. 2
   noun

   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. 3
   adj

   Of or pertaining to an ovum.

   oval conceptions

4. 4
   name

   Ellipsis of Oval Office.

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

5. 5
   adj

   rounded like an egg

6. 6
   noun

   a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

7. 7
   noun

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

8. 8
   noun

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

Etymology

From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.