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earth
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- pronunciation:
- uhrth
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
Earth is our world. It is a large thing, like a big ball in space, that travels around the sun. Earth and similar things in space are called "planets." Earth is one of eight planets that go around our sun. It takes 365 days for Earth to make one trip all around it.
The rocket left Earth and traveled to the moon.The planets that are closest to Earth are Venus and Mars.
- synonyms:
- globe
- similar words:
- world
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If we say that earth hopes for peace, we mean that people who live on earth hope for peace.
In the movie, earth is friendly with beings from other planets.- synonyms:
- race, world
- similar words:
- people, population
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The earth is what we call the part of our planet that we walk on. The earth is covered with things like trees, plants, soil, and sand.
When the wind stopped, the kite fell to the earth.- synonyms:
- ground, land, soil
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- clay, shore
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Earth is another word for dirt or soil. When you want to grow plants, you put seeds into earth.
When they built the new house, they left a large pile of earth next to it.- synonyms:
- dirt, ground
- similar words:
- clay, dust
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broader category that includes earth |
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planet |
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natural events involving the earth |
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earthquake, erosion, eruption |
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reference points on the earth |
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equator, latitude, longitude, meridian, north pole, south pole |
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similar to earth |
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globe |
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some earth formations |
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beach, canyon, cliff, desert, hill, island, mound, mountain, peninsula, shore, trench, volcano |
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some actions involving earth |
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bury, circle, dig, explore, inhabit, orbit, plant, pollute, restore |
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some components of the earth |
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air, land, mineral, water |
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some kinds of earth |
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clay, dirt, dust, earth, mud, sand |
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some layers of the earth |
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atmosphere, crust, magma, mantle |
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some natural processes involving earth |
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erosion |
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some parts of the earth |
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continent, hemisphere, region |
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some representations of the earth |
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globe, map |
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some terms that describe the earth |
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global |
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some things earth is used for |
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anthill, burrow, grave, tunnel |
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structures leading into the earth |
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cave, cavern, mine, pocket |
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study of the earth |
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geography, geology, meteorology |
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