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GLOB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A compact mass
Example:
a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
Synonyms:
ball; chunk; clod; clump; glob; lump
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("glob" is a kind of...):
agglomeration (a jumbled collection or mass)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glob"):
clot; coagulum (a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid)
gob (a lump of slimy stuff)
clew (a ball of yarn or cord or thread)
