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globe

globe

19 2.1
A round model of the world showing countries and oceans
  • noun
  • /ɡloʊb/
: globo terráqueo
  • Likewise, a student-made globe does not need to be perfect in order to be functional and fun.
  • maps and globes
  • use a globe
  • celestial globe

Not as your schoolroom globe showed it to you.

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Examples

  • Find Afghanistan on the map or globe to show the students where the song originated.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Dotty bought me a new pair of mittens, a globe of the world, and a subscription to Smithsonian magazine.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I mean, if you look at the globe from that side, you see almost no land.

  • Point to it on the globe for me.

  • Children need to be able to find their state on the globe and their city on a map.

    Academic text (1992)
  • When I was a little girl... for my seventh birthday... my father gave me a globe.

  • The President moves over to the globe by his desk, spins it, stopping in on Europe.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Perched on the rim of a terrestrial globe, an owl gazes outward from the inky darkness at the upper right.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The teacher asked us to find Brazil on the globe to understand its location better.

  • During our geography lesson, we studied the globe to learn about the different continents.

Synonyms

globus
vsglobe
1 8.2

A round model of the Earth or another planet used to show countries

focuses on a sphere that shows a planet map rather than any representation
celestial globe
vsglobe
  • Specialized
8.1

A round model of the sky showing stars and constellations

shows a mapped planetary surface rather than star positions on the sky

Compounds

celestial globe
  • Specialized
8.1

A round model of the sky showing stars and constellations

A tropical plant with round bright flowers that keep their color when dried

A large plant with a round, spiky flower head eaten as a vegetable

A plant with round yellow flowers

9.3

A North American plant with small round flowers often grown in gardens

9.8

A low rough plant with pink or red flowers that grows in dry areas

A round sweet pepper with thick walls often used for stuffing or roasting

A plant with prickly leaves and round blue flower heads

A wild flower with deep pink or purple egg-shaped blooms on bending stems

A plant with branching clusters of white, egg-shaped flowers

yellow globe lily
  • Specialized
9.9

A small flower plant from northern California with bright yellow egg-shaped blooms in open clusters

How Big

globe
19 2.1
orb
  • Literature
27 7.7
sphere
69 2.8
ball
∞ 1.0
marble
58 1.0
bead
14 4.1

Surface Forms

globe singular
globes plural

Etymology

Globe comes from the Latin globus, meaning 'round mass' or 'ball', just like a ball. That's why a map globe is a round, ball-like model of the Earth you can spin to find places.