Glob

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  • noun. A small drop; a globule.
  • noun. A soft thick lump or mass.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See globe, n., 6, and globe, v. t., 2.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a compact mass, especially of a semiliquid or viscous substance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
  • noun. A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
  • verb. To stick in globs or lumps.
  • verb. To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
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  • noun. a compact mass
  • Word Usage
    "Lift the glob from the bowl and allow the moisture to drain off."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    clew  clot  coagulum  gob  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bob  Cobb  Job  Punjab  Rob  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blob  clot  datapad  globule  glop  
    suggests
    glib  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ball  chunk  clod  clump  lump