galaxy

noun/ˈɡæləksi/

Frequency rank: #2,888 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A very large group of stars held together in space.

Illustration for the English word “galaxy”

Example sentence

The night sky is filled with countless stars in the galaxy we observe from Earth.

Synonyms & related words

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