globe

Meaning

Noun

1. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
2. The planet Earth.
3. A spherical model of Earth or other planet.
4. A light bulb.
5. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
6. (slang) A woman's breast.
7. (obsolete) A group.
8. A land snail of the genus Mesodon.

Verb

1. To become spherical.
2. To make spherical.

Concepts

globe

sphere

ball

earth

orb

world

the earth

Earth

planet

bulb

ring

worldglobe

terrestrial globe

ball-bearing

spherical object

circle

bowl

round shape

blue planet

lump

any spherical object

small spherical object

sphare

round mass

earth. earth

ground

earth mother

bullet

projectile

shot

slug

light globe

tellus

terra

terrestrial globeearth

tellurion

globus

glomus

globe body

spheoid

spheric body

spherome

universe

ground ball

groundball

grounder

hopper

conglobation

conglomeration

jack

pellet

face of the earth

cloche

lampshade

shade

headlight

headlights

torch

round thing

marble

Blue Planet

Saturn

Uranus

celestial body

dark horse

heavenly body

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡləʊb/

Etymology

From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.

Sentences

The gold became a diaphanous , glittering globe .