Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to an ovule; resembling an ovule. Also
ovulary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Relating or belonging to an ovule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an
ovule
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being or of the nature of an ovule
- adjective of or relating to an ovum
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Examples
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So it's obviously unfair and illogical to use "ovular" is an "example" of what's wrong with "contemporary feminism."
feminist blogs 2009
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The ovular wooden deck, pictured here, was designed specifically for the Circle in the Square space.
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Visitors will enter the building at the base of a two-story, ovular glass tower that rises like an outward-sloping citadel at the corner of the building.
Suburban 'Green' Dana Rubinstein 2011
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Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal The ovular wooden deck, pictured here, was designed specifically for the Circle in the Square space.
Gearing Up for 'Godspell' Laura Hedli 2011
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Perhaps the most complex element of the "Godspell" set was the ovular deck designed specifically for the Circle in the Square.
Gearing Up for 'Godspell' Laura Hedli 2011
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That way it doesn't dispense as fast thanks to its ovular shape and you save on sheets.
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The New York Philharmonic performed on Saturday at the recently opened National Center for the Performing Arts, an ovular-shaped behemoth near Tiananmen Square in Beijing that is the new pride of Chinese culture.
New York Philharmonic in Asia: Putting the Egg to the Test - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The ovular windows in the pelican-beak-shaped nose were black; either the lights were off inside, or heavy shades had been drawn.
THE MOONLIT EARTH CHRISTOPHER RICE 2010
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The ovular windows in the pelican-beak-shaped nose were black; either the lights were off inside, or heavy shades had been drawn.
THE MOONLIT EARTH CHRISTOPHER RICE 2010
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The New York Philharmonic performed on Saturday at the recently opened National Center for the Performing Arts, an ovular-shaped behemoth near Tiananmen Square in Beijing that is the new pride of Chinese culture.
New York Philharmonic in Asia: Putting the Egg to the Test - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
rolig commented on the word ovular
I once used this word as an alternative to "seminal" in an article I wrote where I described Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" as an ovular work of feminist criticism. "Seminal" just would not have worked.
August 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word ovular
I like it. :)
August 24, 2008