Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to an ovule; resembling an ovule. Also ovulary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Relating or belonging to an ovule.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to an ovule

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective being or of the nature of an ovule
  • adjective of or relating to an ovum

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Examples

  • So it's obviously unfair and illogical to use "ovular" is an "example" of what's wrong with "contemporary feminism."

    feminist blogs 2009

  • The ovular wooden deck, pictured here, was designed specifically for the Circle in the Square space.

    'Godspell' Revival Comes Together 2011

  • Visitors will enter the building at the base of a two-story, ovular glass tower that rises like an outward-sloping citadel at the corner of the building.

    Suburban 'Green' Dana Rubinstein 2011

  • Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal The ovular wooden deck, pictured here, was designed specifically for the Circle in the Square space.

    Gearing Up for 'Godspell' Laura Hedli 2011

  • Perhaps the most complex element of the "Godspell" set was the ovular deck designed specifically for the Circle in the Square.

    Gearing Up for 'Godspell' Laura Hedli 2011

  • That way it doesn't dispense as fast thanks to its ovular shape and you save on sheets.

    The Consumerist: March 2009 Archives 2009

  • The New York Philharmonic performed on Saturday at the recently opened National Center for the Performing Arts, an ovular-shaped behemoth near Tiananmen Square in Beijing that is the new pride of Chinese culture.

    New York Philharmonic in Asia: Putting the Egg to the Test - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The ovular windows in the pelican-beak-shaped nose were black; either the lights were off inside, or heavy shades had been drawn.

    THE MOONLIT EARTH CHRISTOPHER RICE 2010

  • The ovular windows in the pelican-beak-shaped nose were black; either the lights were off inside, or heavy shades had been drawn.

    THE MOONLIT EARTH CHRISTOPHER RICE 2010

  • The New York Philharmonic performed on Saturday at the recently opened National Center for the Performing Arts, an ovular-shaped behemoth near Tiananmen Square in Beijing that is the new pride of Chinese culture.

    New York Philharmonic in Asia: Putting the Egg to the Test - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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  • I once used this word as an alternative to "seminal" in an article I wrote where I described Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" as an ovular work of feminist criticism. "Seminal" just would not have worked.

    August 24, 2008

  • I like it. :)

    August 24, 2008