star
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1.0
- noun
- /stɑr/
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- Powl would come up the hill with his lantern like a small star through the woods.
- star schema
- star and dimension tables
- points of the star
And then these two with little stars on grey and white.
- And then these two with little stars on grey and white.
Examples
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Give this man a gold star.
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But this particular little star had only three rays, so it was hardly recognizable.
Fiction book (1992) -
I added some stars and these paper stars.
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Your friend's got his own star.
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I'm going to use these stars to cut into our badge.
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A vine with huge white flowers like stars climbed up the far wall.
Fiction book (1992) -
We're a five-star hotel with 800 rooms booked six months in advance.
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A sweet fragrance rose from the star jasmine along the property wall.
Fiction book (1991) -
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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The drawing included a large star with five pointed tips in the center.
Synonyms
27
4.1
A small mark like a star used in writing to show a note or special meaning
1
4.0
A bright shape with lines spreading out from a center like a star
Idioms
Compounds
18
2.6
A bright streak of light in the night sky when a small rock from space burns up
- Formal
11
5.3
A United States military medal given for bravery or good service in a combat area
11
2.1
A very comfortable, expensive hotel with excellent service and many facilities
- Formal
7
3.7
The national anthem of the United States with words by Francis Scott Key
7
3.4
The national flag of the United States with stars and stripes that stands for the country
- Specialized
3
4.7
Two stars in space that move around a shared point because they pull on each other
- Literature
2
6.4
A very good performance by an actor or entertainer that gets special attention
- US
1
6.5
A plant that lives for many years and has clusters of blue, star-shaped flowers in the southeastern United States
- Formal
1
6.3
A United States military medal given for bravery or very good service in battle, not involving flying
1
4.6
A bright star called Polaris that sits almost above Earth's north pole and shows true north
- Literature
1
9.9
A small group that secretly makes important decisions that are not fair
- Specialized
1
5.9
A small, very dense, faint star left when a star like the Sun stops burning its fuel
A sea animal like a starfish with a small round body and long thin arms that break easily
A tall plant with many close purple flower spikes used in flower arrangements
A grasslike plant that lives for many years with star-shaped flowers that grows in North America
- Specialized
A sea animal with many feathery arms that can swim and lives on the sea floor
- Specialized
A small red star that suddenly becomes much brighter for a few minutes because of explosions on its surface
How Connected
Surface Forms
Etymology
Star for a shape comes from drawings of shining points in the sky, so people made shapes with points that look like rays from a center. That's why a star shape or a 'star' network has a central point with lines or points going out from it.