Defenition of the word comet
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Defenition of the word comet
- A block of ice and dust that orbits the sun. Seen from the earth, it looks like a bright star with a tail.
- (astronomy) a relatively small celestial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
- (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
Meronymys for the word comet
Hypernyms for the word comet
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- celestial body
- estraterrestrial body
- extraterrestrial object
- heavenly body
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