a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation
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(of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
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deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
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Oblong \Ob"long\, a. [L. oblongus; ob (see {Ob-}) + longus long: cf. F. oblong.] Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
Oblong \Ob"long\, n. A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a descent. --Sir W. Temple.
And state promoters fear that Maine's homely, round-white varieties are now viewed as poor cousins of the elegant, oblong russets closely identified with Idaho.
His three-room office, suite 41, is on the first floor of an oblong yellow building that houses most top officials, including Mr. Gorbachev.