| NOUN | object | globe, Earth, earth, world | the 3rd planet from the sun |
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| shape | globe, ball, orb | an object with a spherical shape | |
| artifact | globe | a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented |
| Sounds | glow'b | |
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| Rhymes | anaerobe ... wardrobe: 13 rhymes with owb... | |
| Meaning | The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on. | |
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| Synonyms | Earth, earth, world | |
| Instance of | terrestrial planet | A planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's |
| Member of | solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
| Parts | Van Allen belt | A belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field |
| 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 | |
| Catalan | globus terraqüi, món, Terra, terra | |
| Adjectives | global | involving the entire earth |
| Meaning | An object with a spherical shape. | |
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| Synonyms | ball, orb | |
| Narrower | bolus | A small round soft mass (as of chewed food) |
| crystal ball | A glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers | |
| fireball | The luminous center of a nuclear explosion | |
| fireball | A ball of fire / fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) | |
| globule | A small globe or ball | |
| mothball, camphor ball | A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing | |
| pellet | A small sphere | |
| spherule | A small sphere | |
| time-ball | A ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time | |
| Broader | sphere | A solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) |
| Spanish | bola, esfera, orbe | |
| Catalan | bola | |
| Adjectives | global, globular | having the shape of a sphere or ball |
| Verbs | conglobate | assume a globular shape |
| Meaning | A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented. | |
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| Narrower | celestial globe | A globe that is a spherical model of the heavens |
| Broader | model, simulation | representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) |
| sphere | Any spherically shaped artifact | |
| Spanish | globo, globo terráqueo, globo terrestre | |
| Catalan | bola del món, esfera terrestre, globus terraqüi | |
| Adjectives | globular | having the shape of a sphere or ball |
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