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klot — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  • orb noun A sphere or spherical object, especially something described poetically — a planet, star, or globe.
  • sphere noun A perfectly round, three-dimensional shape, like a ball.

Senses

klot is used for these senses in English:

  • ball A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
  • ball (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
  • ball (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
  • buckram A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
  • orb A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
  • sphere An object which appears to be bounded by a sphere; a round object, a ball. [from 14th c.]

ball — full definition

  1. noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  2. noun A large, formal social gathering for dancing.
  3. verb To form or roll something into a round shape.

orb — full definition

  1. noun A sphere or spherical object, especially something described poetically — a planet, star, or globe.
  2. noun A ceremonial golden sphere, topped with a cross, carried by a monarch as a symbol of royal power.

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