Oblong

English

Adjective

Oblong (comparative more Oblong, superlative most Oblong)

1. Describing something that is longer than it is wide.
2. Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal.

Noun

Oblong (plural Oblongs)

1. Something with an oblong shape.
2. A rectangle having length greater than width.

Thesaurus

cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diced, elliptical, elongated, foursquare, oblongated, oblongitudinal, orthogonal, quadrangular, quadrate, quadriform, quadrilateral, rectangular, rhombic, rhomboid, square, tetragonal, tetrahedral, trapezohedral, trapezoid

Translations

Adjective

longer than wide

Armenian: երկարավուն (hy) (erkaravun) French: oblong (fr) German: länglich (de) Icelandic: ílangur (is)

Romanian: prelung (ro) Russian: продолговатый (ru) (prodolgovatyj), вытянутый (ru) (vytjanutyj) Spanish: oblongo (es)

roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal

French: oblong (fr)

Spanish: oblongo (es)

Noun

with an oblong shape

Related terms

• oblate

See also

• prolate
• rectangle