Asteroid

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  • noun. Any of numerous small solar system bodies that revolve around the sun, with orbits lying chiefly between Mars and Jupiter and characteristic diameters roughly between one and several hundred kilometers.
  • noun. undefined
  • adjective. Star-shaped.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Star-like.
  • Having a flower like that of an aster.
  • noun. One of the small planets, 280 or more in number, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter: more accurately called planetoids. See planetoid.
  • noun. One of the Asteroidea; a starfish, in a wide sense.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star
  • noun. In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter
  • noun. Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. shaped like a star
  • noun. any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
    • Word Usage
    "* And the only thing that can stop this asteroid is your liberal arts degree."
    cross-reference
    astroid  comet  planetoid  
    Equivalent
    angular  angulate  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    boulder  cavern  comet  crater  débris  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Earth  Jupiter  Mars  Mercury  Neptune  
    variant
    minor planets  planetoids  
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