Oval

See also: oval and ovál

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the Oval

1. (cricket) A cricket ground in South London.

   Alternative form: The Oval

2. (US politics) Ellipsis of Oval Office.
   • 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 28:

     We went to the Oval and Trump came in almost immediately […]

   • 2025 May 31, Maureen Dowd, “Tech Bro Had to Go”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Musk, wearing a black “DOGE” cap and black “Dogefather” T-shirt, looked around the Oval, which Trump has tarted up to look like a Vegas gift shop, and gushed that it “finally has the majesty that it deserves, thanks to the president.”

Derived terms

• Ovalgate

Anagrams

• vola

German

Etymology

From Late Latin ōvālis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Oval n (strong, genitive Ovals, plural Ovale)

1. oval

Related terms

• oval

Further reading

• “Oval” in Duden online