meteor
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
Types & categories
- extraterrestrial object hypernym
- meteorite hyponym
- meteor swarm hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- meteor shower part holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | meteoric |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astronomy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | extraterrestrial object |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meteorite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meteor swarm |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | meteor shower |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | light |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fireball |