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glome

/ˈɡloʊm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glome
IPA
/ˈɡloʊm/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.

noun

A globular head of flowers.

noun

A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.

verb

To look gloomy, morose, dark or sullen.

Obsolete

noun

gloom or gloam

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glomus (“a ball”). Compare globe.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɡloʊm/
  • British English: /ˈɡləʊm/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

glomes (plural) glomes (present, singular) gloming (participle, present) glomed (participle, past) glomed (past)

Rhymes With

home go home come home group home rome poem dome chrome foam rom genome jerome

Questions

How do you pronounce glome?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡloʊm/.
What does glome mean?
One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
Where does glome come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce glome

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