globe
noun
1 globe
The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on.
synonyms: earth, world.
Roget 318:
world,
creation,
nature,
universe;
earth,
globe,
wide world;
cosmos;
kosmos†;
terraqueous globe†,
sphere;
macrocosm,
megacosm†;
music of the spheres.
heavens,
sky,
welkin†,
empyrean;
starry cope,
starry heaven,
starry host;
firmament;
Midgard;
supersensible regions†;
varuna;
vault of heaven,
canopy of heaven;
celestial spaces.
heavenly bodies,
stars,
asteroids;
nebulae;
galaxy,
milky way,
galactic circle,
via lactea [Lat.],
ame no kawa [Jap.].
sun,
orb of day,
Apollo†,
Phoebus;
photosphere,
chromosphere;
solar system;
planet,
planetoid;
comet;
satellite,
moon,
orb of night,
Diana,
silver-footed queen;
aerolite†,
meteor;
planetary ring;
falling star,
shooting star;
meteorite,
uranolite†.
constellation,
zodiac,
signs of the zodiac,
Charles's wain,
Big Dipper,
Little Dipper,
Great Bear,
Southern Cross,
Orion's belt,
Cassiopea's chair,
Pleiades.
colures†,
equator,
ecliptic,
orbit.
[Science of heavenly bodies]
astronomy;
uranography,
uranology†;
cosmology,
cosmography†,
cosmogony;
eidouranion†,
orrery;
geodesy
etc.
(measurement)
466;
star gazing,
star gazer†;
astronomer;
observatory;
planetarium.
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Dutch: aardbol, Aarde, aarde, aardkloot, aardrijk, ondermaanse, wereld, wereldbol
Polish: błękitna planeta, świat, kula ziemska, Ziemia, glob, niebieska planeta, trzecia planeta od Słońca, padół
2 globe
An object with a spherical shape.
synonyms: ball, orb.
Roget 249:
rotundity;
roundness
etc.
adj.;
cylindricity†;
sphericity,
spheroidity†;
globosity†.
cylinder,
cylindroid†,
cylindrical;
barrel,
drum;
roll,
roller;
rouleau†,
column,
rolling-pin,
rundle.
cone,
conoid†;
pear shape,
egg shape,
bell shape.
sphere,
globe,
ball,
boulder,
bowlder†;
spheroid,
ellipsoid;
oblong spheroid;
oblate spheroid,
prolate spheroid;
drop,
spherule,
globule,
vesicle,
bulb,
bullet,
pellet,
pelote†,
clew,
pill,
marble,
pea,
knob,
pommel,
horn;
knot
(convolution)
248.
curved surface,
hypersphere;
hyperdimensional surface.
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Dutch: bol, wereldbol
Polish: kulka, kula
3 globe
A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented.
Dutch: aardbol, aardglobe, globe, wereldbol
Polish: globus
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