An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
"The track has a smooth oval shape that reminds runners of an egg."
In plain English: An oval is an egg-shaped object that looks like a stretched-out circle with no sharp corners.
"She drew an oval on her notebook to represent the shape of Earth from space."
Usage: Use this noun to describe any object with a rounded, egg-like outline that is longer than it is wide. It functions as both a standalone term for such shapes and as an adjective modifying objects like tables or windows.
rounded like an egg
"The athlete's face was perfectly oval, resembling a smooth, elongated egg."
Having the shape of an oval.
"The newly planted flower bed was carefully trimmed to have the perfect shape of an oval."
In plain English: Oval means shaped like an egg with no sharp corners and smooth sides that curve all around it.
"The table has an oval shape that fits perfectly in our dining room."
A cricket ground in South London.
"The fans gathered at Oval to watch the final match of the season."
The word entered English around 1570 as a borrowing from the Late Latin ovalis, which itself derived from ovum meaning "egg." Its original sense of egg-shaped describes the shape that remains its primary definition today.