Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Deviating from a square, circular, or spherical form by being elongated in one direction.
- adjective Having the shape of or resembling a rectangle or ellipse.
- adjective Botany Having an elongated form with approximately parallel sides.
- noun An object or figure, such as a rectangle, with an elongated shape.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Elongated; having one principal axis considerably longer than the others.
- noun A figure of which the length is greater than the breadth; specifically, in geometry, a rectangle whose length exceeds its breadth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
- noun A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Describing something that is
longer than it iswide . - adjective Roughly
rectangular orellipsoidal . - noun Something with an oblong
shape . - noun A
rectangle havinglength greater thanwidth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation
- adjective deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
- adjective (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The bark on the older surface sheds in short oblong irregular scales or plates that detach perhaps at both ends and often at the sides, clinging by the middle until the curl loosens them and they fall to the ground.
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The oblong is the best decorative art _form_, as a rule.
How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration Lillian B. Lansdown
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Above the oblong was a salamander, the Kings particular device, with many other ornaments appropriate to the Ionic architecture of the whole design.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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Above the oblong was a salamander, the Kings particular device, with many other ornaments appropriate to the Ionic architecture of the whole design.
XXI 1909
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It was followed by three others, forming, as it were, the four corners of an oblong, which is two hundred and seventy feet long and one hundred and twenty wide.
Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873
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* Oblong Face Shape: Long faces are described as oblong - long and narrow.
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* Oblong Face Shape: Long faces are described as oblong - long and narrow.
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The UFO was described as oblong with a curved front and a series of small nozzles at the rear.
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* Oblong Face Shape: Long faces are described as oblong - long and narrow.
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Above the oblong was a salamander, the Kings particular device, with many other ornaments appropriate to the Ionic architecture of the whole design.
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto Cellini 1535
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