Definitions for oblate

oblate ob·late

Spelling: [ob-leyt, o-bleyt]
IPA: /ˈɒb leɪt, ɒˈbleɪt/

Oblate is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in oblate (abelot).

Definitions for oblate

noun

  1. a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
  2. a lay member of any of various Roman Catholic societies devoted to special religious work.

adjective

  1. flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate).

Origin of oblate

1695-1705; New Latin oblātus lengthened, equivalent to Latin ob- ob- + (prō)lātus prolate

Examples for oblate

For anyone except the trailer after strange souls The oblate is an affliction.

Newton proved that this was due to the fact that the earth is an oblate spheroid.

"We will go for a walk to-day," said the oblate, rubbing his hands.

"That means they are going to kill him soon," said the oblate.

The form of our globe, which is that of an oblate spheroid with an ellipticity of about 1⁄299.

Fruit, medium sized; roundish and flattened, inclining to oblate.

"Such, in few words, is the history of the convent," said the oblate.

For any other figure, such as an oblate spheroid, this is not exactly true.

"And this proves that your conversion is good," affirmed the oblate.

Fruit, medium sized; oblate, regularly and handsomely shaped.

Word Value for oblate
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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