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Definition
an elongated shape — typically of a stretched circle that is longer than an oval, but occasionally used to describe a rectangle
- 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
There are no more uses of "oblong" in Lord of the Flies.
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