English > Earth / earth: 9 senses > noun 1, object| Meaning | The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on. |
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| Synonyms | world, globe |
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| Instance of | terrestrial planet | A planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's |
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| Member of | solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
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| Parts | Van Allen belt | A belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field |
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| atmosphere, air | The mass of air surrounding the Earth |
| hemisphere | half of the terrestrial globe |
| hydrosphere | The watery layer of the earth's surface |
| land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma | The solid part of the earth's surface |
| lithosphere, geosphere | The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle |
| sky | The atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth |
| Spanish | globo, globo terráqueo, globo terrestre, mundo, Tierra, tierra |
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| Catalan | globus terraqüi, món, Terra, terra |
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| Adjectives | extraterrestrial | originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere |
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| planetary, terrestrial | of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants |
| Nouns | earthling | an inhabitant of the earth |
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English > earth: 9 senses > noun 3, object| Meaning | The solid part of the earth's surface. |
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| Example | "the earth shook for several minutes" |
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| Synonyms | land, dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma |
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| Instances | America | North America and South America and Central America |
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| Part of | Earth, earth, world, globe | The 3rd planet from the sun |
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| Narrower | archipelago | A group of many islands in a large body of water |
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| beachfront | A strip of land running along a beach |
| cape, ness | A strip of land projecting into a body of water |
| coastal plain | A plain adjacent to a coast |
| floor | The ground on which people and animals move about |
| foreland | Land forming the forward margin of something |
| forest, woodland, timberland, timber | Land that is covered with trees and shrubs |
| island | A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water |
| isthmus | A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger / larger land areas |
| landmass, land mass | A large continuous extent of land |
| mainland | The main land mass of a country or continent |
| neck | A narrow elongated projecting strip of land |
| oxbow | The land inside an oxbow bend in a river |
| peninsula | A large mass of land projecting into a body of water |
| plain, field, champaign | extensive tract of level open land |
| slash | An open tract of land in a forest / forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) |
| wonderland | A place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
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| Spanish | suelo, terreno, tierra firme, tierra |
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| Catalan | sòl, terra ferma, terra |
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| Adjectives | semiterrestrial | chiefly but not exclusively terrestrial / terrestrial / terrestrial / terrestrial / terrestrial |
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| tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene | of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air |
| Verbs | earth | connect to the earth |
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