ovoidadjective
/ˈəʊ.vɔɪd//ˈoʊ.vɔɪd/having the same shape as an egg, or of a similar shape:
The egg is ovoid and yellowish, with a thick shell.
The ovoid seed pods burst when ripe.
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- He believed that the universe was slightly ovoid.
- The small, ovoid fruit is purplish with a waxy bloom.
- Streptococcus is a spherical to ovoid bacterium which occurs in chains.
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Geometrical shapes
- -cornered
- -dimensional
- arch
- asymmetric
- circular
- cylinder
- cylindrical
- dome
- hexagon
- incongruent
- isometric
- lozenge
- parallelogram
- polygon
- polyhedron
- quadrilateral
- rhombus
- right triangle
- spherical
- triangle
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ovoidnoun [ C ]
/ˈəʊ.vɔɪd//ˈoʊ.vɔɪd/a solid object that is the same shape as an egg, or of a similar shape:
A melon baller is a tool used to scoop spheres or ovoids from melons, cucumbers, or other foods.
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- The enormous green ovoids were jackfruit.
- The artwork consists of pieces of stone shaped into basic geometrical solids - cubes, ovoids, hemispheres, and cylinders.
- It was a collection of grey-black ovoids, spheres and cylinders linked by thick struts, revolving slowly in an orbit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Geometrical shapes
- -cornered
- -dimensional
- arch
- asymmetric
- circular
- cylinder
- cylindrical
- dome
- hexagon
- incongruent
- isometric
- lozenge
- parallelogram
- polygon
- polyhedron
- quadrilateral
- rhombus
- right triangle
- spherical
- triangle
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