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An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.
Noun 4 meanings
An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.
“Near-synonym: ellipse”
A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
Adjective 2 meanings
Having the shape of an oval.
Of or pertaining to an ovum.
“oval conceptions”
Etymology
From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.
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OVAL at a glance
OVAL has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (O 1 + V 4 + A 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,257 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with oval
All rhymes- FESTIVAL14
- APPROVAL15
- ARRIVAL10
- SURVIVAL14
- REMOVAL12
- NAVAL8
- RIVAL8
- MEDIEVAL14
- REVIVAL13
- CARNIVAL13
- INTERVAL11
- RETRIEVAL12
One letter away
- ORAL4
- OPAL6
- AVAL7
- ODAL5
- OVEL7
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