meteor

noun/ˈmiːtiər/

Frequency rank: #7,243 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a small body of matter that enters Earth's atmosphere and glows brightly due to friction.

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Example sentence

Everyone stopped to watch the meteor streak across the night sky.

Synonyms & related words

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