- 1an oblong shape has four straight sides, two of which are longer than the other two, and four angles of 90°
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- 2used to describe any shape that is longer than it is wide an oblong melon
a tiny oblong of glass in the roof see rectangleSee oblong in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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