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• oval
  oval

  adjective

  having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
• Oval
  Oval

  noun

  a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth

oval

American  

[oh-vuhl] / ˈoʊ vəl /

adjective

1. having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.

2. ellipsoidal or elliptical.

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noun

1. an object of oval shape.

2. a body or plane figure that is oval in shape or outline.

3. an elliptical field or a field on which an elliptical track is laid out, as for athletic contests.

4. Informal. a football.

oval ¹ British  

/ ˈəʊvəl, əʊˈvælɪtɪ /

adjective

1. having the shape of an ellipse or ellipsoid

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noun

1. anything that is oval in shape, such as a sports ground

Oval ² British  

/ ˈəʊvəl /

noun

1. a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth

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Other Word Forms

• half-oval
  adjective
• ovally
  adverb
• ovalness
  noun
• pseudooval
  adjective
• pseudoovally
  adverb
• semioval
  adjective
• semiovally
  adverb
• semiovalness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of oval

1560–70; < New Latin ōvālis, equivalent to Latin ōv ( um ) egg ¹ + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

He also had a rash on his neck during once Oval Office appearance.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Earlier this month, Trump invited a group of children to the Oval Office to celebrate the return of the Presidential Fitness Test.

From Salon • May 26, 2026

A Black president occupied the Oval Office; Twitter had proven essential to pro-democracy movements in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said Cuba was a "failed country" and that his administration was trying to help them "on a humanitarian basis".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The chamber opened onto what the archaeologists believed “was likely the chief executive’s office for conducting statecraft,” the Andean equivalent of the Oval Office in the White House.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Related Words

• elliptical