Meaning

13 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

    Kugel, Gestirn

    сфе́раsféra, шарšar

  2. (countable, uncountable)Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions

  3. (countable, uncountable)A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere

  4. (countable, uncountable)An orbit of an heavenly body

  5. (countable, rare, uncountable)The time period of an orbit

  6. (countable, poetic, uncountable)The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity

  7. (countable, poetic, uncountable)Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel

  8. (countable, rare, uncountable)A sphere of action.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power

  10. (countable, uncountable)A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))

  11. (countable, uncountable)A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.

  12. (uncountable)Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect.

More definitions
  • the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
  • an object with a spherical shape

Examples

8 sentences
  1. The lunar orb has shown itself.

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  2. The orange alien is orb-shaped with 18 tentacles.

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  3. I saw an orb hovering over the lake.

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  4. The solar orb appeared.

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  5. The lunar orb appeared.

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Translations

6 languages
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Origin

From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare

From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare orbit.

From Old French orb (“blind”), from Latin orbus (“destitute”).

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Forms

plural: orbs
Singularorb
Pluralorbs

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
spherical body:ballA1globeA2sphereB1
a period of time:yearA1
an eye:eyeA1
revolving circular body:wheelA1roller
monarch's ceremonial sphere:globus crucigermound
Close in meaning
  • the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye:eyeball
  • an object with a spherical shape:ballglobe

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
orb — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto