Thesaurus: oblong

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1. a. Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
2. n. A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
3. adj. (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
4. adj. deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
5. n. a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation
6. Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular. A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad. The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a descent. Sir W. Temple.
7. j:74/n:26 n. a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation s. (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides s. deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction