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Oblong

Something with an oblong shape.

📖 Definitions of "Oblong"

noun

adjective

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
simplenoun	Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
longnoun	Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
rounded	Complete or balanced.
unsubdivided	Not subdivided

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
long	Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
rounded	Complete or balanced.
simple	Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
unsubdivided	Not subdivided
rectangular	Having a shape like a rectangle.
elongate	Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.
elongated	Extensive in length (physical distance, or time).
prolateverb	Elongated at the poles.
ovalnoun	An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
ovoidnoun	Shaped like an oval.
ovaloid	Approximately oval.
longish	Somewhat long.
lengthened	That has been made longer; that has been extended.
extended	Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
stretched	(of the body) extended to full length
ellipticnoun	(geometry) Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
ellipticalnoun	In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.
ellipsoidnoun	(mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x²/a² + y²/b² + z²/c² = 1.
egg-shaped	Having the shape of an egg.
cigar-shaped	tapering at each end