Shapes

Synonyms for oblong

Synonyms for oblong: elongated and rectangular. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for oblong

Interchangeable with oblong in this sense

Audited under oblong's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one oblong carries in that sense.

elongatedadjective, in the sense "elongated in shape, longer than it is wide"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name oblong as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

rectangularrectangular is an adjective in the sense "having the shape of a rectangle, with four right angles and unequal adjacent sides"

one of these comes from oblong's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineShapes

elongated in shape, longer than it is wide

The dining table was oblong, longer than it was wide.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

elongated

Same sentence, swapped: The dining table was elongated, longer than it was wide.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for oblong in the sentence quoted.

circular
square
cubic

Where oblong turns up in the game

oblong is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play oblong

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so oblong reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other shapes words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

bulgenounswella rounded part that swells outward from a surfaceTreelineHas a reason line circumferencenounperimeterthe distance measured around the outside of a circular or curved objectTreelineHas a reason line cleftnouncrevicea narrow gap or split, especially in rock or a surfaceTreelineHas a reason line concaveadjectivesunkencurving inward, like the inside of a bowlTreelineHas a reason line forknouncrotchthe region of the angle formed by the junction of two branchesRidgeline girthnouncircumferencethe measurement around something thick or roundTreelineHas a reason line globularadjectivespheroidalshaped like a globe or ball, rounded on all sidesRidgelineHas a reason line qualifiernounheata preliminary contest that decides who advances to the main eventTreelineHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. oblong carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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