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Definition of: oblong
(ob′lông, -long) adjective
1. Longer in one dimension than in another: applied most commonly to rectangular objects somewhat elongated.
2. Having one principal axis longer than the other or others.
3. Bot. Bluntly elliptical, as a leaf.
—noun A figure having greater length than breadth; a long rectangle. [<L oblongus somewhat long <ob- towards + longus long]
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