Usually means: Cloud of gas and dust.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word nebula:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. nebula: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. nebula: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nebula: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nebula: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nebula: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nebula, nebula: Wordnik
  7. nebula: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nebula: Wiktionary
  9. nebula: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nebula: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nebula: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. nebula: Dictionary.com
  13. nebula: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Nebula (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Nebula (band), Nebula (comics), Nebula (company), Nebula (computer game), Nebula (computing platform), Nebula (disambiguation), Nebula (moth), Nebula (video game), Nebula: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Nebula: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. nebula: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. nebula: Rhymezone
  18. Nebula: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. nebula: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. nebula: Free Dictionary
  21. nebula: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. nebula: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. nebula: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nebula-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nebula: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. nebula: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. nebula: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nebula: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nebula: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Nebula: Extragalactic Astronomy
  3. NEBULA: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nebula: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See nebulae as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
noun:  (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
noun:  (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine.

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