globe

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 8.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. The eyeball.

   the globe of a lamp

2. noun The eyeball.
3. noun A spherical model of Earth or of another planet.
4. noun A part of a device, often a lamp.

   the globe of a lamp

5. noun A light bulb.
6. noun A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
7. noun A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.
8. noun A group.

Similar words

orb earth ball world monde hemisphere terra sphere homeworld planetary

Often followed by

and of is in to was with theatre as

Word family

global globalisation globalization globally globed globes globing