oblong
pronunciation
How to pronounce oblong in British English:
UK [ˈɒblɒŋ]
How to pronounce oblong in American English:
US [ˈɑblɔŋ]
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- Noun:
- a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation
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- Adjective:
- of a leaf shape; having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
- deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
Word Origin
- oblong (adj.)
- early 15c., from Latin oblongus "more long than broad," originally "somewhat long," from ob "to, toward," here perhaps intensive (see ob-) + longus "long" (see long (adj.)). As a noun from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Oblong : if you have a narrow oblong shaped face with angular features wear frames that add some width .
- 2. It seems to think for a moment , then approaches a table for a closer look at an oblong metallic object .
- 3. Think of a three-dimensional spherical black hole that 's copied and stacked out in one direction to create an oblong shape .
- 4. Next to the oblong gossamer ships a field of olive tents , like mushrooms after a night 's rain , flapped in the wind .
- 5. And yet , as notroff pointed out , the pillars are almost certainly humanoid figures , with long narrow bodies and large oblong heads .