blob
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3.5
- noun
- /blɑb/
:
masa
- Looking almost like an octopus, the blob of ink hung in the water.
- form a blob
- a huge blob
- look like a blob
They're these fragile little blobs like they're helpless.
- They're these fragile little blobs like they're helpless.
- Yeah, but it's an orange BLOB with a hole in the middle.
- It's, it's you versus this sort of just miscellaneous BLOB of the grade distribution.
Examples
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After squeezing the tube, a blob of toothpaste formed on the brush.
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I could make out two vaguely human shapes under blobs of thick red paint.
Fiction book (1998) -
And imagine we start with some BLOB of glass of some known mass.
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I really love this BLOB of black that I just got on my eye.
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Yeah, but it's an orange BLOB with a hole in the middle.
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Now look this blob of ink here it's completely dry.
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It's going to be this red BLOB which looks like spaghetti.
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Can you see that there's a BLOB of hot glue in there?
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Together they formed an irregularly shaped red blob in the heart of the country.
Fiction book (1996) -
Gram's pumpkin, a great hideous blob of orange, must have weighed at least 400 pounds.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
77
2.0
A small solid piece of something without a regular shape
15
4.8
A small thick sticky piece of something like honey or paint
6
9.9
A thick lump of sticky stuff like glue
5
9.0
A sticky, shapeless lump of wet, unpleasant material
3
7.2
A small round drop of liquid
2
9.9
A small blister on the skin or a cell that holds fluid
1
7.9
A small soft lump of sticky, wet material
A round object like a ball or glass ornament
Compounds
- Specialized
A single computer file of data that programs cannot easily read or change
How Shapeless
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word blob feels like a soft noise people make for a wet drop, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of the sound 'blob' or 'plop' when paint or jelly falls. So a blob is a 'shapeless lump' of something soft or thick.