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# oval

adjective (oval); noun (an oval, ovals)

«oval» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Shaped like an egg or a stretched circle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#m1)
2. (noun) An oval shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#m2)
3. (Australia) A sports field, often oval-shaped, for cricket or football. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths shape lessons: an oval is a curved 2D shape with no corners, like a squashed circle; it is not a circle. In Australia, kids play sport on the school oval. Phrases: oval shape, the Oval (cricket ground in London), the Oval Office (US president's office).

### Examples

- An egg is oval. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#x1)
- Draw an oval for the face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#x2)
- A rugby ball looks oval from the side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#x3)
- We played cricket on the school oval (Australia). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#x4)
- The mirror is oval, not round. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#x5)
- An oval has no straight sides and no corners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#x6)
- It was built in a perfect oval, and lighted from a crystal dome above. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/#x7)

### Note

Countable as a noun ("an oval" — note "an"). An oval has 0 corners (vertices) and 0 straight sides, and 1 curved edge. In maths, the exact oval with two lines of symmetry is called an ellipse.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «oval» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oval/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«oval» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oval.html) on Mova free.