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Word: Comet
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English cometa, from Latin cometa, from Greek komētēs ‘long-haired (star)’, from komē ‘hair’; reinforced by Old French comete
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒmɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
Short Definition:celestial object consisting of nucleus of ice and dust
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