oblong.
Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
Meaning & usage
Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English oblong, oblonge, borrowed from Latin oblongus.
Something with an oblong shape.
A rectangle with length and width that are different.
An ellipse with minor and major axes that are different.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English oblong, oblonge, borrowed from Latin oblongus.
To extend so as to form an oblong shape.
To give an oblong shape to.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English oblong, oblonge, borrowed from Latin oblongus.
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