sky
The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
Example
“That year, a meteor fell from the sky.”
Other meanings
With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
“I lay back under a warm Texas sky.”
The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
A kind of
- atmosphere
Kinds of sky
- blue sky
- mackerel sky
Example sentences
Word history
From Old Norse "ský" (cloud).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sky” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; 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.