orb
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 →
2) An orb is a golden ball with a cross on top, held by a king or queen at a coronation. tree →
3) (poetic) An orb can mean the sun, the moon, a planet or an eye. tree →
4) (games) In video games, an orb is a glowing ball you collect for points or power. tree →
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 →
- A glowing orb floated above the wizard's hand. tree →
- The golden orb of the sun sank behind the hills. tree →
- Collect ten orbs to unlock the next level. tree →
- The crown jewels include a jewelled orb. tree →
- In the poem, the moon is called «the silver orb». tree →
- He had the crown on his head, carried his sceptre in one hand, and the orb in the other. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.