Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shaped like an egg.
- noun Something that is shaped like an egg.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anthropology, a cranium the norma verticalis of which has an ovoid form.
- Egg-shaped: said of solids.
- noun An egg-shaped body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A solid resembling an egg in shape.
- adjective Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Shaped like anoval . - adjective
Egg -shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end;ovate . - noun Something that is oval in shape.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an egg-shaped object
- adjective rounded like an egg
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Examples
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In front of the oven is a tall counter that acts as a pass-through, and in front of that, on the floor, is an old freestanding TV, maybe from the early sixties with one of those ovoid screens.
One For The Table: Capizzi One For The Table 2011
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Big keys with an ovoid hollow at the top, the better to grasp on to and twist.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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Arp's painted-wood bas-relief "La Femme-amphore" (1929), in which a small figurative form, like a kernel, floats through the womb-like bowl of an amphora, speaks to Brancusi's curled-up ovoid "The Newborn (Version I)" (1920).
The Shape of Things Lance Esplund 2011
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In front of the oven is a tall counter that acts as a pass-through, and in front of that, on the floor, is an old freestanding TV, maybe from the early sixties with one of those ovoid screens.
One For The Table: Capizzi One For The Table 2011
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He pared his figurative forms—a torso, bird, kiss or head—down to essences, often in the form of ovoid, cubic or tubular masses.
The Shape of Things Lance Esplund 2011
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There was a cluster of white china in the ovoid fountain, which had been turned off, illuminated in arctic blue and lavender.
All Aboard the RMS Guggenheim Kimberly Chou 2011
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The resulting ovoid is about three or four feet wider than what can actually be accommodated in the lot, Mr. Byrne said.
Byrne-ing Down the World Kimberly Chou 2011
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I pictured her in a pale blue shell, tumbling in the ovoid enclosure, scratching wildly for an exit, only one set of claws to break free of it.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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I pictured her in a pale blue shell, tumbling in the ovoid enclosure, scratching wildly for an exit, only one set of claws to break free of it.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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The Hope Diamond is a very brilliant deep blue faceted ovoid diamond that measures 25.60 millimeters by 21.78 millimeters by 12.00 millimeters and weights 45.52 carats.
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