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glob

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glob  (glb)
n.
1. A small drop; a globule.
2. A soft thick lump or mass: a glob of mashed potatoes; globs of red mud.

[Middle English globbe, large mass, from Latin globus, globular mass.]

glob [glɒb]
n
Informal a rounded mass of some thick fluid or pliable substance a glob of cream
[probably from globe, influenced by blob]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.globglob - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
clot, coagulum - a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass
gob - a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm"
clew - a ball of yarn or cord or thread
Translations
glob [glɒb] N (US) → pegote m
glob [ˈglɒb] n (= blob) → goutte f
glob
n (inf)Klacks m (inf); (of mud)Klümpchen nt


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The night came upon him and buried in haste his whiskers, his glob ular eyes, his puffy pale face, his fat knees and the vast flat slippers on his fatherly feet.
 
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