oval
adjective
having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
half-oval
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a word derived from
oval.
Example Sentences
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The signature half-oval veneer patterns of a Broyhill dresser and the golden C. Jeré tree reaching over the bed’s simple headboard satisfy the master suite’s quota for midcentury-modern décor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2016
In the Bentley, Ive drew the sink in my notebook: a half-oval atop a column that, as it tapered down, angled away from the wall.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 16, 2015
The five women reclined on long, low rustic couches in the big, cleared half-oval that was the Playground for their children.
From Angel Island by Inez Haynes Gillmore
The receptacles one of a half-oval figure, punctuated and affixed to the separating body.
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings
At the other side, however, lay a little half-oval room, the first floor of that Victorian addition which he had marked from the outside.
From Out of the Air by Inez Haynes Gillmore
