Meaning & use
oblong
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Having a longer, elongated shape, typically rectangular or oval, rather than square or round.
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The dining table was oblong rather than perfectly rectangular.
She chose an oblong picture frame for the panoramic photo.
A note on using this word
Oblong is often used loosely to mean any elongated shape, whether it's a stretched rectangle or a stretched oval.
Words with a similar meaning
elongatedrectangular
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