constellationnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkɒn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/any of the groups of stars in the sky that seem from earth to form a pattern and have been given names
often humorous a group of famous or admired people all together in one place:
At our annual ceremony we had a whole constellation of movie stars and directors.
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Astronomy
- asteroid
- astral
- astro-
- astrolabe
- astronomer
- gibbous
- heavenly body
- interplanetary
- interstellar
- Jupiter
- Pleiades
- plough
- Pluto
- Polaris
- pulsar
- Uranus
- Venus
- vernal equinox
- wane
- white dwarf
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