globe

[ glohb ]
See synonyms for globe on Thesaurus.com
noun

  1. Usually the globe . the planet Earth.

  2. a planet or other celestial body.

  1. a sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe ) or of the heavens (celestial globe ).

  2. a spherical body; sphere.

  3. anything more or less spherical, as a lampshade or a glass fishbowl.

  4. a golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb.

verb (used with object),globed, glob·ing.

  1. to form into a globe.

verb (used without object),globed, glob·ing.

  1. to take the form of a globe.

Origin of globe

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French globe, from Latin globus “round body, ball, sphere”

synonym study For globe

1. See earth.

Other words from globe

  • globelike, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use globe in a sentence

  • In the nine differently colored circular tracks, rolled little globes representing the planets.

    Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown Fyfe

  • She watched the two children a moment as they dropped handfuls of the bluish globes on the towel.

    The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner

  • Electric lights in softly shaded globes threw a pleasant yellow radiance over everything.

    A Butterfly on the Wheel | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

  • The night was exceedingly dark, and vast globes of flame spouted forth on both sides, borne away by a violent wind.

  • So home after business done at my office, to supper, and then to the globes with my wife, and so to bed.

British Dictionary definitions for globe

globe

/ (ɡləʊb) /

noun

  1. a sphere on which a map of the world or the heavens is drawn or represented

  2. the globe the world; the earth

  1. a planet or some other astronomical body

  2. an object shaped like a sphere, such as a glass lampshade or fish-bowl

  3. Australian, NZ and Southern African an electric light bulb

  4. an orb, usually of gold, symbolic of authority or sovereignty

verb

  1. to form or cause to form into a globe

Origin of globe

1
C16: from Old French, from Latin globus

Derived forms of globe

  • globelike, adjective

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Browse

  • #
  • aa
  • bb
  • cc
  • dd
  • ee
  • ff
  • gg
  • hh
  • ii
  • jj
  • kk
  • ll
  • mm
  • nn
  • oo
  • pp
  • qq
  • rr
  • ss
  • tt
  • uu
  • vv
  • ww
  • xx
  • yy
  • zz