OBLONG | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of oblong in English oblongnoun [ C ] uk /ˈɒb.lɒŋ/ us /ˈɑː.blɑːŋ/ Add to word list Add to word list UK a flat shape with four sides and four angles of 90° and opposite sides of equal length Compare square noun (IN A CITY)   Igor Zakowski/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages US an object or shape that is longer than it is wide Geometrical shapes

• -cornered
• circularly
• congruently
• conic
• cuboid
• cylindrically
• lozenge
• octahedron
• orbicular
• ovally
• ovoid
• parallelogram
• pentagon
• polytope
• prism
• quadrilateral
• rectangle
• rectangular
• three-dimensional
• tubular

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Patterns and shapes oblongadjective uk /ˈɒb.lɒŋ/ us /ˈɑː.blɑːŋ/ UK having a flat shape with four sides and four angles of 90° and opposite sides of equal length: an oblong box Violet sat down at the oblong oak table that was against the wall. Synonym rectangular US having a shape that is longer than it is wide: oblong loaves of bread It's a shrub with narrow, oblong leaves.

• The room was of a narrow, oblong shape.
• The flat, oblong tin was full of chunky rings.
• Divide the dough in two and shape the parts into oblong loaves.

Geometrical shapes

• -cornered
• circularly
• congruently
• conic
• cuboid
• cylindrically
• lozenge
• octahedron
• orbicular
• ovally
• ovoid
• parallelogram
• pentagon
• polytope
• prism
• quadrilateral
• rectangle
• rectangular
• three-dimensional
• tubular

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Patterns and shapes (Definition of oblong from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

oblong | American Dictionary

oblongnoun [ C ] us /ˈɑbˌlɔŋ/ Add to word list Add to word list a shape that is longer than it is wide, esp. a rectangle that is not a square (Definition of oblong from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of oblong

oblong He has it made into unusual hapes such as triangles, strips, oblongs, and stack it wet. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Typical shapes are diamonds, ovals, oblongs and as coins. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1841 a plain oblong chapel was built, but by 1888 a new building was needed and six architects were invited to submit plans. From the Cambridge English Corpus In general terms, there are semicircular to oblong regions of a few tens to a few hundreds of kilometres in area which have centripetal drainage. From the Cambridge English Corpus In both types of seeds, embryos can be small-globular to ovoid-oblong bodies, with cotyledons developed to varying degrees. From the Cambridge English Corpus Our study has confirmed the rounded shape of the dominant left ventricle in tricuspid atresia as compared to the oblong shape of the normal left ventricle. From the Cambridge English Corpus Three leaves 8vo, one leaf oblong 4to. From the Cambridge English Corpus The ventricular shape is oblong. From the Cambridge English Corpus Vertical black oblongs in the final two panels, which are placed to form a right angle, surround the viewer with the darkest area of the entire piece. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The normal left ventricle took the form of an oblong cone, whereas the dominant left ventricle in tricuspid atresia was spherical, with a large base and a rounded apex. From the Cambridge English Corpus On a well-selected side of bacon there will be an oblong shape of lean meat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In that oblong there are 2 million people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is that its shape should be oblong and not semi-circular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The plan of the new muster station was made oblong instead of octagonal, because the former was considered the more convenient, and could be more easily extended if necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is any number of houses which are oblong built, where no sort of dampcourse was ever thought of and where the walls are, consequently, almost permanently damp. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of oblong These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of oblong?

Translations of oblong

in Chinese (Traditional) 長方形，矩形, 長方形, 橢圓形… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 长方形，矩形, 长方形, 椭圆形… See more in Spanish rectángulo, rectangular, oblongo… See more in Portuguese retângulo, retangular, oblongo… See more in Japanese in French in Turkish in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 長方形… See more rectangle, rectangulaire… See more dikdörtgen, dikdörtgen (şeklinde olan)… See more rectangle… See more rechthoek, langwerpig… See more obdélník, obdélníkový, podlouhlý… See more rektangel, rektangulær… See more segi empat, segiempat… See more รูปสี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า, เป็นรูปไข่, ที่เป็นรูปสี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า… See more hình chữ nhật, có hình chữ nhật… See more prostokąt, prostokątny… See more avlång figur, rektangel, avlång… See more empat segi panjang, berbentuk empat segi panjang… See more das Rechteck, rechteckig… See more avlang figur, avlang… See more 직사각형의… See more довгаста, подовжена фігура, довгастий… See more oblungo, rettangolo, (figura di forma oblunga)… See more Need a translator?

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