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glob

 (glŏb)
n.
1. A small drop; a globule.
2. A soft thick lump or mass: a glob of mashed potatoes; globs of red mud.
[Middle English globbe, large mass, from Latin globus, globular mass.]
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glob

(ɡlɒb)
n
informal a rounded mass of some thick fluid or pliable substance: a glob of cream.
[C20: probably from globe, influenced by blob]
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glob

(glɒb)

n.
1. a drop or globule of a liquid.
2. a usu. rounded quantity or lump of some plastic or moldable substance: a glob of whipped cream.
[1895–1900; perhaps b. globe and blob]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.glob - a compact massglob - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
chunk, clod, lump, clump, ball
clot, coagulum - a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass
gob - a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm"
clew - a ball of yarn or cord or thread
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Translations

glob

[glɒb] N (US) → pegote m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

glob

[ˈglɒb] n (= blob) → goutte f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

glob

n (inf) → Klacks m (inf); (of mud) → Klümpchen nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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