All 3 Uses of
oblong
in
Lord of the Flies
- Piggy bumped into him and a twin grabbed him as he made for the oblong of paling stars.†
p. 99..1 *
- An oblong of blackness relieved with brilliant spangles hung before them and there was the hollow sound of surf on the reef.†
p. 164..5
- The darkness, save for the useless oblong of stars, was blanket-thick.†
p. 166..3
Definition:
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(oblong) an elongated shape -- typically of a stretched circle that is longer than an oval, but occasionally used to describe a rectangle