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How to pronounce oblong in English?

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Type of plane figure, two-dimensional figure
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Derivation oblongness
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The leaves are ovate to oblong with an acute tip, 8-15 cm long and 4-6 cm broad.
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The oblong-lanceolate, boldly toothed leaves are 16-28 cm long and 5-9 cm broad.
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They also tested drops that had mixtures of both spherical and oblong particles.
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Each work consists of 13 postcards arranged in an oblong, with one in the middle.
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On average the female produces 4-12 oblong eggs, 42-47mm long and 18-22mm wide.
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They can be oblong, E-, U-or L-shaped, any length space permits, and expensive.
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They're a jaunty partner for ferns or tropicals in an oblong basket with legs.
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Reinventing the wheel from scratch usually results in square or oblong wheels.
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It has mostly oblong, dark green leaves that often turn brilliant fall colors.
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More examples
  • A plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation
  • (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
  • (oblongness) rectangularity: the property of being shaped like a rectangle
  • Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2000 census lists the population as 280,150, but the United States Census Bureau gives an estimate of 292,706 residents for the 12-month period ending July 1, 2007. ...
  • (The oblongs) The Oblongs is an American animated television program loosely based on a series of characters introduced in creator Angus Oblong's picture-book entitled Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children. ...
  • Something with an oblong shape; A rectangle having length greater than width; Describing something that is longer than it is wide; Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal
  • A term used to describe printed books, catalogs etc., that are bound on their shorter side; also referred to as album bound.
  • Longer than wide with nearly parallel sides.
  • Twice as long as wide and having the ends somewhat truncated.