noun
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any round body or figure having the surface equally distant from the centre at all points; a globe; a ball.
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any of the openings (as of sensory organs such as the eye, ear, nose, etc.) 3) the round, pigmented membrane surrounding the pupil of the eye, having muscles that adjust the size of the pupil to regulate the amount of light entering the eye; the iris.
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an electric light bulb.
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a closed box or a round container with a slit at the top for inserting monetary coins, used as a money box.
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an illegitimate son of a widow.
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a small ball, tablet, capsule, etc. of medicine usu. to be swallowed whole; a pill.
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the churned curd.