Usually means: Longer in one direction, rectangular.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word oblong:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. oblong: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. oblong: Merriam-Webster
  3. oblong: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. oblong: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. oblong: Collins English Dictionary
  6. oblong: Vocabulary.com
  7. Oblong, oblong: Wordnik
  8. oblong: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Oblong: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. oblong: Wiktionary
  11. oblong: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. oblong: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. oblong: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. Oblong, oblong: Dictionary.com
  15. oblong: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. oblong: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Oblong (description), Oblong, The Oblong: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Oblong: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. oblong: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. oblong: Rhymezone
  21. oblong: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. oblong: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. oblong: FreeDictionary.org
  24. oblong: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. oblong: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. oblong: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oblong: Encyclopedia

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. oblong: Rhododendron Glossary
  3. Bryological (No longer online)
  4. oblong: Mussel Glossary
  5. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  6. Oblong: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  7. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oblong: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
adjective:  Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
adjective:  (bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
noun:  Something with an oblong shape.
noun:  A rectangle with length and width that are different.
noun:  An ellipse with minor and major axes that are different.
verb:  To extend so as to form an oblong shape.
verb:  To give an oblong shape to.

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