Definition of ovate Ovate

/owˈvejt/ - [owveyt] - o•vate

We found 10 definitions of ovate from 6 different sources.

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What does ovate mean?

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Adjective

ovate, ovater, ovatest

ovate - of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
ovate - rounded like an egg
  egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, oviform, ovoid, prolate
  rounded curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • ovate (Adjective)
    Shaped like an egg.
  • ovate (Adjective)
    Egg-shaped, with the broadest extremity near the base.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • ovate (a.)
    Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
  • ovate (a.)
    Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • ovate
    Shaped like an egg.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • ovate
    ō′vāt, n. an Eisteddfodic graduate who is neither a bard nor a druid. [W. ofydd, a philosopher.]
  • ovate
    -d, ō′vāt, -ed, adj. egg-shaped

Part of speech

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  • ovate, adjective.

Pronunciation

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