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  1. 1. a. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Broadly elliptical. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. rounded like an egg Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it Source: wordnet
  7. 7. Broadly elliptical. Oval chuck (Mech.), a lathe chuck soconstructed that work attached to it, and cut by the turning tool inthe usual manner, becomes of an oval form. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:73/n:27 n a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it s rounded like an egg Source: ecdict

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