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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒbleɪt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted abelotStarts with OEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles

Word origin

From French oblat and its source, Ecclesiastical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), nominalization of oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō (“to offer”); see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • 2007, The Venerable Bede started as an oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19
  • an Oblate Father
  • The Earth is an oblate spheroid.

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