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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ovoid has 1 sense
- ovoid(n = noun.shape) Array - an egg-shaped object; Array is a kind of solid
Derived form adjective ovoid1
Adjective ovoid has 1 sense
- ovoid(s = adj.all) egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, prolate - rounded like an egg; Array Derived form noun ovoid1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ovoid, a. [Ovum + -oid: cf. F. ovoïde.].
Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple. [1913 Webster]
ovoid, n.
A solid resembling an egg in shape. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ovoid, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of a solid or of a surface) egg-shaped.
2 oval, with one end more pointed than the other.
--n. an ovoid body or surface.
--adj.
1 (of a solid or of a surface) egg-shaped.
2 oval, with one end more pointed than the other.
--n. an ovoid body or surface.
Etymology
F ovo{iuml}de f. mod.L ovoides (as OVUM)
THESAURUS
ovoid
bulblike, bulbous, egg-shaped, ellipse, ellipsoid, global, globate, globe-shaped, globed, globelike, globoid, globose, globular, hemispheric, obovate, obovoid, orb, orbed, orbic, orbicular, orbiculate, orblike, orby, oval, ovate, oviform, ovule, sphere-shaped, spherelike, spheric, spheriform, spheroidROGET THESAURUS
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Rotundity
N rotundity, roundness, cylindricity, sphericity, spheroidity, globosity, cylinder, cylindroid, cylindrical, barrel, drum, roll, roller, rouleau, column, rolling-pin, rundle, cone, conoid, pear shape, egg shape, bell shape, sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder, spheroid, ellipsoid, oblong spheroid, oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid, drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn, knot (convolution), curved surface, hypersphere, hyperdimensional surface, rotund, round, cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid, columnar, lumbriciform, conic, conical, spherical, spheroidal, globular, globated, globous, globose, egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped, ovoid, oviform, gibbous, rixiform, campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform, fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous, tres atque rotundus, round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.
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