meteor
Meaning of meteor
noun
a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
mid 16th century (denoting any atmospheric phenomenon): from modern Latin meteorum, from Greek meteōron, neuter (used as a noun) of meteōros ‘lofty’.
Information about meteor
- It is a name.
- The plural form of meteor is: meteors.
- Languages in which meteor is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of meteor
me-teor
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- meteor is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
meteor synonyms
Meaning meteoroid:
Meaning a ball of flame or fire:
Meaning a piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space as a meteor. Over 90 per cent of meteorites are of rock while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel:
Meaning a large meteor which explodes in the atmosphere:
Meaning a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun:
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Words that rhyme with meteor
electrometeor, hydrometeor, lithometeor, photometeor, Confiteor, confiteor
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