oblong

About 1.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
2. adjective (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
3. adjective Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
4. noun Something with an oblong shape.
5. noun A rectangle with length and width that are different.
6. noun An ellipse with minor and major axes that are different.
7. verb To extend so as to form an oblong shape.
8. verb To give an oblong shape to.

Similar words

long rounded simple unsubdivided rectangular elongate elongated prolate oval ovoid

Often followed by

or and in shape form square of to box

Word family

oblongs