adj
Meaning 1
Shaped like an oval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
ovoid
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈoʊvɔɪd/
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adj
Meaning 2
Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Something that is oval in shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
rounded like an egg
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, prolate
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
an egg-shaped object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: solid
History
Etymology
From Latin ōvum (“egg”) + -oid (“resembling”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: eivorm — something oval in shape
- Dutch: ovaal — something oval in shape
- Finnish: ovoidi — something oval in shape
- Finnish: muna — something oval in shape
- Italian: ovoide — something oval in shape
- Japanese: 卵形 (rankei) — something oval in shape
- Spanish: ovoide — something oval in shape
Real reading context