Associations to the word «Comet»

Wiktionary

COMET, noun. (astronomy) A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
COMET, noun. A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
COMET, noun. Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.
COMET HALLEY, proper noun. A very bright comet that can be seen every 75-76 years.

Dictionary definition

COMET, noun. (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats