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Definition of asteroid noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

asteroid

noun
 
/ˈæstərɔɪd/
 
/ˈæstərɔɪd/
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  1. any one of the many small planets that go around the sun
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAsteroid is used before these nouns:
    • impact
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek asteroeidēs ‘starlike’, from astēr ‘star’.
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