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adjective
1.
having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
2.
ellipsoidal or elliptical.
noun
3.
an object of oval shape.
4.
a body or plane figure that is oval in shape or outline.
5.
an elliptical field or a field on which an elliptical track is laid out, as for athletic contests.
6.
Informal. a football.
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Ovals
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
oval
1570, from M.L. ovalis "egg-shaped" (cf. Fr. oval, 1546), lit. "of or pertaining to an egg," from L. ovum "egg," from PIE *owyo-/*oyyo- "egg" (see egg). The classical L. word was ovatus.
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