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globe

Pronunciation: /gləʊb/

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Definition of globe

noun

  • 1 (the globe) the earth:goods from all over the globe
  • a spherical representation of the earth or of the constellations with a map on the surface.
  • 2a spherical or rounded object:orange trees clipped into giant globes
  • a golden orb as an emblem of sovereignty: a female figure holding a sceptre and globe
  • 3Australian/NZ a lightbulb.

verb

[with object] literary
  • form (something) into a globe: there, in miniature, the world was globed like a fruit

Derivatives

globe-like

adjective

globoid

adjective & noun

globose

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'spherical object'): from Old French, or from Latin globus

globe in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of globe in the US English dictionary