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   globe

   /ɡləʊb/

   noun

   • 1. the earth: "goods from all over the globe" Similar worldearthuniverseplanetliterary:orb
   • ▪ a spherical representation of the earth or of the constellations with a map on the surface.
   • 2. a spherical or rounded object: "orange trees clipped into giant globes" Similar sphereorbballspheroidroundglobulerare:spherule
   • ▪ a glass sphere protecting a light: "a security light with a frosted glass globe"
   • ▪ a drinking glass shaped approximately like a sphere: "a brandy globe"
   • ▪ a golden orb as an emblem of sovereignty: "a female figure holding a sceptre and globe"
   • 3. a lightbulb. Australian, New Zealand

   verb

   • 1. form (something) into a globe: literary "there, in miniature, the world was globed like a fruit"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘spherical object’): from Old French, or from Latin globus.

   Derivatives

   • 1. globe-like adjective
   • 2. globoid adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • G

     2

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

   • E

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