| NOUN | body | orb, eyeball | the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye |
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| shape | orb, ball, globe | an object with a spherical shape | |
| VERB | motion | orb, orbit, revolve | move in an orbit |
| Sounds | ao'rb | |
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| Rhymes | absorb ... reabsorb: 3 rhymes with aorb... | |
| Meaning | The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye. | |
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| Synonym | eyeball | |
| Part of | eye, oculus, optic | The organ of sight |
| Broader | capsule | A structure that encloses a body part |
| Spanish | globo del ojo, globo ocular | |
| Catalan | globus de l'ull | |
| Meaning | An object with a spherical shape. | |
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| Synonyms | ball, globe | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | Move in an orbit. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonyms | orbit, revolve | |
| Narrower | retrograde | Move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies |
| Broader | circle | Move in circles |
| Spanish | dar vueltas, girar, orbitar, rotar | |
| Catalan | girar, orbitar, rotar | |
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