globe — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. The eyeball.

   Synonyms

   globuseyeglobebulbus oculibulbus

2. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. A spherical model of Earth or of another planet.

3. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. A part of a device, often a lamp.

   Examples

   the globe of a lamp

4. A light bulb.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • South-Africa
   • Dated

   Examples

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   Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them.

5. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

   Examples

   Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.

6. A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.

   Usage

   • in-plural
   • Slang

   Examples

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   Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez went with her favorite silhouette: a robe-like dress, barely fastened solely in the areas you actually can’t reveal on the red carpet (remember that famous Versace number at the Grammys?). This year, she wore a silver and cream Zuhair Murad that showed off all of her best assets, which even caused Jeremy Renner to blurt out a comment about her “globes” on stage.

   'I got my wig out and my globes,' she joked to E! News host Ryan Seacrest, adjusting her breasts.

7. A group.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

8. A land snail of the genus Mesodon.

Verb

1. To become spherical.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

2. To make spherical.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

1. an object with a spherical shape

   Synonyms

   ballorb

   Broader terms

   sphere

   Examples

   a ball of fire

2. a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

   Broader terms

   spheremodelsimulation