Oval

See also: oval and ovál

English

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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.”

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Noun

Oval n (strong, genitive Ovals, plural Ovale)

  1. oval

Further reading

  • “Oval” in Duden online
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