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How to pronounce oval in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate
Type Words
Synonyms ellipse
Type of conic, conic section
Has types circle

Examples of oval

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Followers of the oval-ball code have sprung up in Azerbaijan, Iran and Slovakia.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Papis will attempt to qualify Friday at Texas for his first Cup race on an oval.
From the kentucky.com
In fact, horsemen have come to expect the oval to be hard and fast on Derby day.
From the nytimes.com
He didn't race so much as he learned how to race at the demanding 2.5-mile oval.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Peeking through the vignette oval was a girl's shoe and dainty white ankle sock.
From the lens.blogs.nytimes.com
Gone are the oval mirrors, too, to be replaced by on-trend Yoda ear-shaped ones.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Positioning them asymmetrically on the oval glass-top table took no time at all.
From the sfgate.com
They can also be oval, spear-shaped, or in many other possible shape variations.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The penthouse, where he stays in Denver, pokes out from the arena's oval facade.
From the stltoday.com
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