Question

oblong Their apartment was awkwardly oblong, with a long skinny hall running past the cramped rooms. ˈɑblɔŋ

Accepted Answer

Longer in one direction than in the other. Oblong is a general but useful term for describing the shape of things such as leaves. There's no such thing as an oblong circle, since a stretched circle has to be called an oval, and any rectangle that isn't square is oblong, at least if it's lying on its side (such rectangles can actually be called oblongs). Pills are generally oblong rather than round, to slide down the throat more easily. An oblong table will often fit a living space better than a square or round one with the same area. And people are always buried in oblong boxes

word	oblong
definition	Longer in one direction than in the other.
eg_sentence	Their apartment was awkwardly oblong, with a long skinny hall running past the cramped rooms.
explanation	Oblong is a general but useful term for describing the shape of things such as leaves. There's no such thing as an oblong circle, since a stretched circle has to be called an oval, and any rectangle that isn't square is oblong, at least if it's lying on its side (such rectangles can actually be called oblongs). Pills are generally oblong rather than round, to slide down the throat more easily. An oblong table will often fit a living space better than a square or round one with the same area. And people are always buried in oblong boxes
IPA	ˈɑblɔŋ

Oblong Called Square Longer Direction Apartment Awkwardly Long