- the Oval ⇒ a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth
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Oval /ˈəʊvəl/ n
o•val /ˈoʊvəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Mathematicshaving the general form or outline of an egg;
egg-shaped. - Mathematicsshaped like a flattened circle.
n. [countable]
- Mathematicssomething oval in shape or outline, such as a field on which an oval track is laid out for athletic contests.
o•val
(ō′vəl),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
o′val•ly, adv.
o′val•ness, n.
- Mathematicshaving the general form, shape, or outline of an egg;
egg-shaped. - Mathematicsellipsoidal or elliptical.
n.
- Mathematicsan object of oval shape.
- Mathematicsa body or plane figure that is oval in shape or outline.
- an elliptical field or a field on which an elliptical track is laid out, as for athletic contests.
- Informal Termsa football.
- Neo-Latin ōvālis, equivalent. to Latin ōv(um) egg1 + -ālis -al1
- 1560–70
o′val•ness, n.
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oval /ˈəʊvəl/ adj
- having the shape of an ellipse or ellipsoid
- anything that is oval in shape, such as a sports ground
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