oval
adjective /ˈəʊvl/
/ˈəʊvl/
- like an egg in shape
- an oval face
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesc1- The handle is oval in shape.
- The leaves are long and almost oval.
- an oval-shaped box
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- perfectly
- almost
- roughly
- …
- oval in shape
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or modern Latin ovalis, from Latin ovum ‘egg’.