OBLATE
Scrabble letter values: O1B3L1A1T1E1 = 8
Definition
- adjective having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter. — synonyms: pumpkin-shaped
- noun a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life.
Examples
- “being flattened at the poles”
- “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”
- “1922, Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses”