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Word entry · 7 letters

ellipse

Best crossword clue

"Oval curve"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈlɪps/Part of speech nounSorted eeillpsStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

Word origin

From French ellipse. Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis). Doublet of ellipsis.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: oval (synonymous in non-technical use)
  • In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.

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