Meteor Synonyms

mē'tē-ər, -ôr'

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Synonyms for Meteor

shooting-star
Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Dodecatheon, mostly found in Western North America.
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fireball
A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
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meteorite
The definition of a meteorite is a rock that is found on Earth that did not form on Earth.
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bolide
A fireball
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falling-star
(Astronomy) A meteor.
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meteoroid
(Astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a solar system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere
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meteroid
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leonids
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perseids
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geminids
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asteroid
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Taurid
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star
Any of the celestial bodies visible to the naked eye at night as fixed, usually twinkling points of light, including binary and multiple star systems.
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comet
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meteor-shower
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perseid
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tornado
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satellite
An object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body, as a device for reflecting or relaying radio signals or for capturing images.
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supernova
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Meteor Sentence Examples

  • Her attention was caught on the falling stars of the meteor shower.

  • We saw an amazing meteor that split in two.

  • That night I observed a great meteor shower in the sky.

  • They then appear to us as " shooting stars " (see Meteor).

  • In addition to sporadic meteors, there are also meteor showers during which many meteors may be observed at the same moment.

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