Other forms: globes
A globe is the earth, or a round model of it. Around the globe, spin the globe, a globe in the study.
The model is the only map that does not distort anything, which is why every flat projection is a compromise. Around the globe is the phrase that turns a claim about the world into a bigger one.
1nounglobeThe earth, or a round model of it.
“The teacher spun the globe and pointed to Australia.”
globe is a sphere.
Latin globus means a round mass or sphere.
Proto-Indo-European
*gel-
Latin
globus
Old French
globe
Middle French
globe
Middle English
globe
English, today
globe
From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. a doublet of globus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA