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Noun
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(n)
Earth
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earth
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world
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globe
(the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)
"the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
S:
(n)
ball
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globe
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orb
(an object with a spherical shape)
"a ball of fire"
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
crystal ball
(a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers)
S:
(n)
mothball
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camphor ball
(a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing)
S:
(n)
time-ball
(a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory)
S:
(n)
fireball
(the luminous center of a nuclear explosion)
S:
(n)
fireball
(a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning))
S:
(n)
globule
(a small globe or ball)
S:
(n)
bubble
(a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide))
S:
(n)
air bubble
(a bubble of air)
S:
(n)
foam
,
froth
(a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid)
"the beer had a thick head of foam"
S:
(n)
shaving foam
(toiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving)
S:
(n)
head
(the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container)
"the beer had a large head of foam"
S:
(n)
lather
(the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse))
S:
(n)
soapsuds
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suds
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lather
(the froth produced by soaps or detergents)
S:
(n)
shaving cream
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shaving soap
(toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving)
S:
(n)
spume
(foam or froth on the sea)
S:
(n)
white water
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whitewater
(frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls)
S:
(n)
soap bubble
(a bubble formed by a thin soap film)
S:
(n)
spherule
(a small sphere)
S:
(n)
pellet
(a small sphere)
S:
(n)
bolus
(a small round soft mass (as of chewed food))
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
sphere
(a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))
S:
(n)
conglomeration
,
conglobation
(a rounded spherical form)
S:
(n)
ball
,
globe
,
orb
(an object with a spherical shape)
"a ball of fire"
S:
(n)
drop
,
bead
,
pearl
(a shape that is spherical and small)
"he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
globe
(a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented)