globe
Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
Other meanings
A spherical model of Earth or of another planet.
A part of a device, often a lamp.
Synonyms
- ball
Related words
- garden globe
- yard globe
- globe-trotter
- show globe
- snowglobe
- hemoglobin
- globe amaranth
- globe animalcule
- globe artichoke
- globe daisy
- globe earther
- globe luxation
Word history
From Latin "globus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “globe” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.