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OBLONG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("oblong" is a kind of...):
plane figure; two-dimensional figure (a two-dimensional shape)
Derivation:
oblong (deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
Classified under:
Similar:
long (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified)
Derivation:
oblong (a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation)
oblongness (the property of being shaped like a rectangle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
Classified under:
Similar:
simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
Context examples:
On the sled, securely lashed, was a long and narrow oblong box.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
There were other things on the sled—blankets, an axe, and a coffee-pot and frying-pan; but prominent, occupying most of the space, was the long and narrow oblong box.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
