prolate

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Elongated at the poles.

   A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

2. verb To utter; to pronounce.

Similar words

oval ovoid elliptical ovate elliptic rounded oviform egg-shaped watermelon-shaped spheroidal

Often followed by

spheroid spheroidal ellipsoid and spheroids symmetric ellipsoids or shape rotor