oblongs
oblongs is the plural of oblong.
oblongs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oblong.
Meaning of oblong
Noun
oblong (plural oblongs)
- Something with an oblong shape.
- They sat at the tables—I suppose you know how they are arranged, as a sort of hollow oblong, with the auctioneer at one end and the attendant showing the coins up and down in the middle?1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
- A rectangle with length and width that are different.
- Jessamy looked round her in a puzzled way, but there was nothing to see but the pale oblong of what looked like a star-pierced sky behind the bars of the nursery window.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 88
- An ellipse with minor and major axes that are different.
Questions about oblongs
- What is oblongs the plural of?
- Oblongs is the plural of oblong.
Words near oblongs in the dictionary
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