ob·long (ŏb'lông', -lŏng')
adj.

1. Deviating from a square, circular, or spherical form by being elongated in one direction.
2. Having the shape of or resembling a rectangle or an ellipse.
3. Botany. Having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides: an oblong leaf.

n.
An object or figure, such as a rectangle, with an elongated shape.

[Middle English, from Latin oblongus : ob-, intensive pref. (sense uncertain); see ob- + longus, long.]

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