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Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�b|-�b

Noun
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1. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group, collection, or cluster that lacks definite shape.

#*1869: Norman Lockyer et al, Nature
#*:Only the outermost blob on either side in map 2 displays misalignment.
#*1895: The Annual of the British School at Athens
#*:It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.

Translations

Finnish: möykky, kimpale
Japanese: burobbu (����)

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• 2007-08-28 20:08 - 24.14.216.60 - Adding a new translation

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