Definitions for Oval

Oval o·val

Spelling: [oh-vuh l]
IPA: /ˈoʊ vəl/

Oval is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in Oval (alov).

Definitions for Oval

noun

  1. an object of oval shape.
  2. a body or plane figure that is oval in shape or outline.
  3. an elliptical field or a field on which an elliptical track is laid out, as for athletic contests.
  4. Informal. a football.

adjective

  1. having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
  2. ellipsoidal or elliptical.

Origin of Oval

1560-70; New Latin ōvālis, equivalent to Latin ōv(um) egg1 + -ālis -al1

Examples for Oval

Fleming pulled a sheet of paper towards him, and drew on it an oval.

These terms still apply even when the other guy is in the oval Office.

An oval is never mistaken for a circle, nor an hyperbola for an ellipsis.

A slender toque brought out the keenness in the oval of her face.

Her oval cheeks were flushed, and her mouth now and then trembled.

His oval Office radio addresses were famously labeled “Fireside Chats” and he called listening citizens “my friends.”

These types of comments coming from the White House, from the oval Office, it takes your breath away.

He attended White House strategy sessions on Vietnam and Israel; a private phone line linked his court office to the oval Office.

Do Americans prefer a stressed out president — no fun, no sun, no life outside of the oval Office or the Situation Room?

It was only twenty feet away, but I could barely see its oval entrance.

Word Value for Oval
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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