natural object

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natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man whole, unit - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" cocoon - silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" asterism - (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation) black body, blackbody, full radiator - a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it; "a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium" body - an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body" carpet - a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet; "a carpet of flowers"; "the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet" celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky consolidation - something that has consolidated into a compact mass; "he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath" constellation - a configuration of stars as seen from the earth covering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object - a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere mechanism - a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function; "the mechanism of the ear"; "the mechanism of infection" nest - a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young radiator - any object that radiates energy rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" sample - all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class tangle - a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines" cosmos, macrocosm, universe, world, existence, creation - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole