as in oval
having the shape of an egg
an ovoid toy that the baby couldn't tip over
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Clad in travertine marble, a columned square structure shades the ovoid form of the performance hall.
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Dallas News, 4 May 2022
Physical examination revealed a white, ovoid mass, 5 mm by 6 mm, that straddled the inferotemporal limbus (Panel A), with several black hairs (Panel B).
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2013
The vertical stones form an ovoid chamber (dolmen) connecting to a long (21 meters, or 69 feet) corridor.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2022
Flotation therapy involves floating in a dark and very quiet ovoid chamber (imagine a giant egg), which is filled with salty water warmed to near body temperature.
—Kate Murphy, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2022
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Dallas News, 4 May 2022
Physical examination revealed a white, ovoid mass, 5 mm by 6 mm, that straddled the inferotemporal limbus (Panel A), with several black hairs (Panel B).
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2013
The vertical stones form an ovoid chamber (dolmen) connecting to a long (21 meters, or 69 feet) corridor.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2022
Flotation therapy involves floating in a dark and very quiet ovoid chamber (imagine a giant egg), which is filled with salty water warmed to near body temperature.
—Kate Murphy, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2022
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“Ovoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ovoid. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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