Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: nebula
IPA transcription: [n'ɛbjələ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: nebula
    Meaning: (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea
  • Synonyms: nebula
    Meaning: an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space
  • Synonyms: nebula
    Meaning: cloudiness of the urine
  • Synonyms: nebula
    Meaning: a medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer
Usage examples
  • "I threw The Nebula into the Fourth Drive some time ago.
  • On this account it is held by some that the sun's body was made out of this nebula.
  • Others, therefore, held that this luminous nebula continues in existence, but so closely attached to the sun as to be indistinguishable.
  • Poor innocent! a star had always been to him a dim, cloudy spot, a little nebula, which the magic glass has now resolved; and he can hardly believe that this brilliant point is not an optical illusion.