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# orb

«orb» in Mova's school dictionary: **a ball or round object, especially one that glows** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an orb, orbs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An orb is a ball or round object, especially one that glows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#m1)

2) An orb is a golden ball with a cross on top, held by a king or queen at a coronation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#m2)

3) (poetic) An orb can mean the sun, the moon, a planet or an eye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#m3)

4) (games) In video games, an orb is a glowing ball you collect for points or power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, the Sovereign's Orb is part of the British crown jewels, held by the monarch at the coronation as a sign of power under God. In stories and poems «orb» sounds grand or magical; in games, orbs give power-ups. Phrases: «a glowing orb», «orb and sceptre».

### examples

- The king held the orb and the sceptre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#x1)
- A glowing orb floated above the wizard's hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#x2)
- The golden orb of the sun sank behind the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#x3)
- Collect ten orbs to unlock the next level. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#x4)
- The crown jewels include a jewelled orb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#x5)
- In the poem, the moon is called «the silver orb». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#x6)
- He had the crown on his head, carried his sceptre in one hand, and the orb in the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/#x7)

### note

Countable; use «an» (an orb). Literary or special word; in everyday speech people say «ball». Do not confuse with «orbit» (the path round a planet), though both come from the idea of a circle.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «orb» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orb/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.