blob
pronunciation
How to pronounce blob in British English:
UK [blɒb]
How to pronounce blob in American English:
US [blɑb]
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- Noun:
- an indistinct shapeless form
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- Verb:
- make a spot or mark onto
Word Origin
- blob (n.)
- "drop, globule," 1725, from a verb meaning "to make or mark with blobs" (early 15c.), perhaps related to bubble. The same word was used 16c. in a sense "bubble, blister."
Example
- 1. The battle between mr duncan and the blob is a crucial one .
- 2. You see a blob of grey in the distance .
- 3. Help the blob collect stars .
- 4. Embryonic stem cells clump together as a tiny and distinct blob inside fluid-filled balls called blastocysts .
- 5. But what do astronomers have to show the public : a photo of a gamma ray blob , an x-ray blob , and visible light blob seen in the same remote piece of sky .