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orb

/ɔː(ɹ)b/
noun
  1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

  2. One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions

  3. A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit

Synonymscircle, orbit, globe, globe, globus cruciger, mound
verb
  1. To form into an orb or circle.

  2. To become round like an orb.

  3. To encircle; to surround; to enclose.

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