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
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
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
This avenue branches out into a vast half-oval hall, called the Church.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
