earth
- See also Earth
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /ɜːθ/, SAMPA: /3:T/
- (US) IPA (key): /ɝθ/, SAMPA: /3`T/
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Noun
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- (uncountable) Some soil.
- Anything made up mostly of rock, sand or soil.
- Here is some earth.
- There is earth in this box.
- Earth is the third planet from the sun, where we live.
- The Earth is a planet.
- A planet, especially one like Earth.
- He came from a different earth.
- (alchemy) One of the four classical elements.
- (Taoism) One of the five Taoist elements.