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egg-shaped

egg-shaped adjective: having the shape of an egg.

Adjective

egg-shaped (comparative more egg-shaped, superlative most egg-shaped)

  1. Having the shape of an egg.
    • This takeaway counter serves up some of Hong Kong's best eggettes, the egg-shaped waffles beloved by local children and adults alike.2017, Piera Chen, Emily Matchar, Lonely Planet Pocket Hong Kong
    Synonyms:
    ovate, oviform, ovoid

egg-shaped meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

egg-shaped in Hindi

having the shape of an egg
अंडाकार aṇḍākār

egg-shaped in Tamil

முட்டை வடிவ

egg-shaped in Bengali

having the shape of an egg
ডিম্বাকার ḍimbakar

egg-shaped in Malayalam

having the shape of an egg
അണ്ഡാകാര aṇḍākāra
More languagesFewer languages
egg-shaped in Tagalog
habilugin

Synonyms of egg-shaped

Forms of egg-shaped

comparativemore egg-shaped
superlativemost egg-shaped
alternative formeggshaped

Origin of egg-shaped

From egg + shaped.

Questions about egg-shaped

What does egg-shaped mean?
Egg-shaped means having the shape of an egg.
What is egg-shaped in Hindi?
Egg-shaped in Hindi is अंडाकार (aṇḍākār). See Egg-shaped meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is egg-shaped?
Egg-shaped is an adjective.

Words near egg-shaped in the dictionary

  1. egg-in-a-hole
  2. egg-in-the-basket
  3. egg-in-the-hole
  4. egg-plant
  5. egg-plants
  6. egg-shaped
  7. egg-straordinary
  8. egg-tastic
  9. egg-timer
  10. egg-timers
  11. egg-white

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: egg-shaped (page history and authors); egg-shaped (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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