Synonyms for orbs

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awrb

Phonetic Transcription : ɔrb

Définition of orbs

Origin : mid-15c., "sphere, globe, something spherical or circular," from Old French orbe "orb, globe" (13c.) and directly from Latin orbem (nominative orbis) "circle, disk, ring, hoop, orbit," probably related to orbita "wheel track, rut," of unknown origin. Watkins suggests a connection with the root of orchid.
A three-dimensional extension of a word originally describing two-dimensional shapes. Astronomical sense is in reference to the hollow spheres that carried the planets and stars in the Ptolemaic system. As a verb from c.1600. Orb weaver spider is first recorded 1889.

noun globe

Example sentences :

And they saw with fear the gleam of mockery that was glowing in Michael's orbs.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

Again Morgan lifted his eyes to the midnight orbs beyond the transom.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish

Behind the orbs, we now discern the nebulae from which they have been condensed.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

He did not speak so much to win as to help her to see with her own orbs.
Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

His orbs gleamed with a deadly light, but his lips moved not.
Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

His keen eyes search her face, her own orbs fall before his gaze.
Extract from : « The Diamond Coterie » by Lawrence L. Lynch

This journey of the orbs around us is only an illusion of the senses.
Extract from : « Astronomy for Amateurs » by Camille Flammarion

That would be correct if these orbs were of the same dimensions as the Earth.
Extract from : « Astronomy for Amateurs » by Camille Flammarion

It is the same for all the worlds, with some exceptions of orbs arrested in their development.
Extract from : « Astronomy for Amateurs » by Camille Flammarion

Though the heavens fall, the orbs of truth and justice fall not.
Extract from : « Fresh Fields » by John Burroughs

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