Definitions for oblong

oblong ob·long

Spelling: [ob-lawng, -long]
IPA: /ˈɒbˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ/

Oblong is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in oblong (bglnoo).

Definitions for oblong

noun

  1. an oblong figure.

adjective

  1. elongated, usually from the square or circular form.
  2. in the form of a rectangle one of whose dimensions is greater than the other.

Origin of oblong

1375-1425; late Middle English oblonge Latin oblongus rather long, equivalent to ob- ob- + longus long1

Examples for oblong

Or, maybe a satellite in an oblong orbit around earth—the closer it gets, the faster it flies.

The difference was that it was oblong instead of half round.

The room, an oblong, was furnished after a fashion of long ago.

oblong, two or three times as long as wide, with the sides parallel.

It consists of a nave of four bays with two oblong towers to the west.

It is of oblong shape, and is placed on a raised platform which is ascended by steps.

An oblong bomb-hole marked the back wall, and windows were empty of their glass.

Her contour was rather square than oblong, and she was very heavy.

The spores are ochraceous-brown, oblong or elliptical, 8–104–5.

One was a large one and oblong in shape, the other of good size but round.

Word Value for oblong
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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