Meaning

1 senses
  1. A fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.

    the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Ceres contains one-third of the mass found in the asteroid belt.

    ruЦерера содержит треть всей массы, обнаруженной в поясе астероидов. — Selena777

    deCeres vereint in sich ein Drittel der Masse, welche sich im Asteroidengürtel findet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The closest dwarf planet to Earth is Ceres.

  3. Damiano was sent to a dwarf planet named Ceres.

  4. Scientists believe that Ceres has a rocky core and an icy mantle.

    deWissenschaftler glauben, dass Ceres einen steinernen Kern und einen Eismantel hat. — Yorwba

  5. I work on Ceres, but I live in a space community orbiting it.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English sere, from Old French cire, from Latin cēra (“wax, cere”), or via Lati

From Middle English sere, from Old French cire, from Latin cēra (“wax, cere”), or via Latin cērō (“to smear or coat with wax”).

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Forms

plural: ceres
Singularcere
Pluralceres

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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