BOLIDE

bolide, fireball

(noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bolide (plural bolides)

An extremely bright meteor.

Synonym: fireball

Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth.

A fireball.

Anagrams

• boiled, odible, oldbie

Source: Wiktionary


Bo"lide, n. Etym: [F. See Bolis.]

Definition: A kind of meteor; a bolis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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