Definitions for ovolo

ovolo o·vo·lo

Spelling: [oh-vuh-loh]
IPA: /ˈoʊ vəˌloʊ/

Ovolo is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in ovolo (looov).

Definitions for ovolo

noun

  1. a convex molding forming or approximating in section a quarter of a circle or ellipse.

Origin of ovolo

1655-65; Italian, variant (now obsolete) of uovolo, diminutive of uovo egg1 Latin ōvum

Examples for ovolo

The term is sometimes given to the ovolo of the Ionic capital, especially when curved with the egg-and-tongue enrichment.

ovolo, a moulding, the profile of which resembles the outline of an egg, used in Classic architecture.

I imagined a base of a form naturally cylindrical, with ovolo mouldings.

Echinus (e-kīnus), in architecture, the ovolo or quarter-round convex moulding, seen in capitals of the Doric order.

Word Value for ovolo
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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