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The correct spelling is orb.

How to pronounce orb

/ɔː(ɹ)b/
noun

IPA: /ɔː(ɹ)b/

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The correct spelling is orb. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
  2. 2.One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions
  3. 3.A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit
  4. 4.A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
  5. 5.The eye, as luminous and spherical

verb

  1. 1.To form into an orb or circle.
  2. 2.To become round like an orb.
  3. 3.To encircle; to surround; to enclose.

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