Dictionary Entry
orbit
orbit is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
- 2noun
An orb or ball.
- 3noun
The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
- 4noun
The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
- 5noun
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
"a piano has a greater range than the human voice"
"the ambit of municipal legislation"
- 6noun
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- 7noun
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
"he plotted the orbit of the moon"
- 8noun
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- 9noun
a particular environment or walk of life
"his social sphere is limited"
"it was a closed area of employment"
- 10verb
move in an orbit
"The moon orbits around the Earth"
"The planets are orbiting the sun"
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