comet

1. 1.

   (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit

   Broaderextraterrestrial object

   Partscomanucleus

   astronomy

Other forms of comet

plural

comets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about comet

What does comet mean?

comet means "(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit".

How many syllables are in comet?

comet has 2 syllables: co-met. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmət/.

Is comet a common word?

comet is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.