globe
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- noun
- /ɡloʊb/
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esfera
- In my lap is the marble-green globe I have just pulled from a cardboard box.
- inch-diameter globe
And then we have the little snow globe picture with our baby inside of it.
- And then we have the little snow globe picture with our baby inside of it.
- I don't want to get up, but that is Snow Globe.
Examples
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Peregrine turned the glass globe around experimentally, peering through it from several different angles.
Fiction book (1991) -
Show me a globe spinning with clouds and a moon.
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Madagascar, the fourth largest island on the globe, is renowned for its biodiversity.
Academic text (1994) -
Dora has stopped giggling and is pointing with wonder at a huge globe revolving above a ticket counter.
Fiction book (1994) -
Reports are pouring in from all over the globe that an impostor is shamelessly impersonating Santa Claus.
Fiction book (1993) -
Experiencing the government's brutality firsthand may have influenced how journalists around the globe reported on Mubarak and the protesters.
Academic text (2016) -
Intricate machinery surrounds the sphere, but the globe itself is featureless, smooth; an enigmatic monolith.
Fiction book (1997) -
The teacher showed the students a detailed globe displaying the continents and oceans.
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He carefully placed the globe on the desk so everyone could see the different countries.
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With a touch of a button, the globe illuminated, highlighting major cities across the world.
Synonyms
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A solid round mass of material, like yarn or clay
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A round object like the sun or a ball
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A round model of the Earth or another planet used to show countries
Compounds
- Specialized
A small flower plant from northern California with bright yellow egg-shaped blooms in open clusters
How Round
Surface Forms
Etymology
Globe comes from the Latin globus, meaning 'round mass' or 'ball'. So a globe is simply a round, ball-shaped object.