Meaning

3 senses
  1. A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.

    Himmelskörper, Gestirn

    небе́сное те́лоnebésnoje télo

    небе́сне ті́лоnebésne tílo

    natural objects visible in the sky

  2. An astronomical object.

  3. The recreated, angel-like body that people will have in heaven.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Astronomy is the science of heavenly bodies.

    Астрономiя - це наука про небеснi тiла. — rmdas

    ruАстрономия — это наука о небесных телах. — Hellerick

    deAstronomie ist die Wissenschaft von den Himmelskörpern. — xtofu80

  2. There are countless heavenly bodies in space.

    ruВ космосе несметное количество небесных тел. — afyodor

    deIm Universum gibt es unzählbar viele Himmelskörper. — xtofu80

  3. Quasars are brilliantly shining heavenly bodies that are extremely far away.

  4. A planet is a heavenly body that does not shine of itself.

  5. He was a great authority on astronomy, or the science of the heavenly bodies.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: heavenly bodies
Singularheavenly body
Pluralheavenly bodies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
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See also

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