Orb

Quick meaning: Orb is a noun meaning A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.

Meaning

A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.

More Meanings

1. (architecture) A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere
2. An orbit of an heavenly body
3. (poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity
4. (poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel
5. 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
6. (rare) The time period of an orbit
7. (rare) A sphere of action.

Example Sentences

You seem to me as Dian in her orb.

A drop serene hath quenched their orbs.

In the small orb of one particular tear.

Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled.

Word Forms

• orbs
• orbing
• orbed

Synonyms for orb

Depending on context, synonyms include ball, globe, sphere, circle, orbit, year.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include globe, ball, eyeball, planet, earth, sphere.

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