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Meteor
01
a piece of rock coming from outer space that passes through the Earth's atmosphere, producing light
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
meteors
Examples
We saw a bright meteor streak across the sky during the meteor shower last night.
02
a visible streak of light produced in the sky when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up due to friction
Examples
We watched a bright meteor streak across the night sky.
Lexical Tree
meteoric
micrometeor
meteor
