Usually means: Celestial body emitting light, heat.
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We found 65 dictionaries that define the word star:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. star: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. star: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. star: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. star: Collins English Dictionary
  5. star: Vocabulary.com
  6. Star, star: Wordnik
  7. -star, star: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Star, star: Wiktionary
  9. star: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. star: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. star: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. star: Dictionary.com
  13. star (n.), star (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. star: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. STAR (India), STAR (gene), STAR (interbank network), STAR (software), STAR (student association), STAR, StAR (Jan Garbarek album), StAR (album), Star (Belly album), Star (Bryan Adams song), Star (Ceylon), Star (Chinese constellation), Star (Erasure song), Star (Extreme song), Star (Mika Nakashima album), Star (Murk album), Star (New Zealand), Star (Primal Scream song), Star (Stealers Wheel song), Star (TV series), Star (Turkey), Star (Turkish newspaper), Star (U.S. TV series), Star (automobile), Star (board game), Star (classification), Star (disambiguation), Star (dog), Star (football badge), Star (football crest), Star (game theory), Star (glyph), Star (graph theory), Star (guitar), Star (heraldry), Star (keelboat), Star (magazine), Star (newspaper), Star (newspaper) (disambiguation), Star (person), Star (polygon), Star (rocket stage), Star (sailboat), Star (shape), Star (unicorn), Star, The Star (Amman newspaper), The Star (Auburn), The Star (Christchurch), The Star (Clarke short story), The Star (Dunedin), The Star (Florida), The Star (Homeland), The Star (Hong Kong), The Star (Kenya), The Star (London), The Star (Malaysia), The Star (Mariah Carey song), The Star (Newspaper), The Star (Pakistan), The Star (South Africa), The Star (TV series), The Star (Tarot card), The Star (The Twilight Zone), The Star (Tinley Park), The Star (Wells short story), The Star (reality show), The Star (season 9), The Star (stadium), The Star: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Star: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. star: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. star: Rhymezone
  19. Star (m), star: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. star: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. STAR: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. Star: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. star: Free Dictionary
  24. star: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Star, star: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  26. star: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)
  2. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  4. Star: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Star: Management Dictionary
  3. Star: Investopedia
  4. star: Legal dictionary

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Star: CCI Computer
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Internet Terms (No longer online)
  4. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  5. star: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. STAR: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. baby names list (No longer online)
  3. STAR: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. star: Idioms

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Star: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Star: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Star: Extragalactic Astronomy
  5. star: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  6. STAR: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. star, star, star, star: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Star: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. star: The Folk File
  4. ST.A.R, star, the star: Urban Dictionary

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  4. Star: Gems and Precious Stones
  5. Explosives (No longer online)
  6. star: Coin Collecting
  7. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Any small, natural and bright dot appearing in the unobscured sky, especially in the night or twilight sky.
noun:  (astronomy) A spheroid of plasma with sufficient gravity to fuse hydrogen or heavier elements into heavier elements still. Depending on context the Sun may or may not be included.
noun:  (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.
noun:  (acting) An actor in a leading role.
noun:  An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
noun:  (Jamaica, MLE, African-American Vernacular) (by extension) A friend, a mate, a pal.
noun:  (printing) An asterisk (*) or symbol (★).
noun:  A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
noun:  A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
noun:  (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
noun:  A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
noun:  A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
noun:  (networking) A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption.
verb:  (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
verb:  (transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
verb:  (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
verb:  (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
verb:  (intransitive) To shine like a star.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A female given name from English.
noun:  A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
noun:  A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.
noun:  A work settlement in the Dyatkovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
noun:  A village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
noun:  A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.
noun:  A city in Idaho.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska.
noun:  A small town in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Mills County, Texas.
noun:  A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
noun:  A small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
noun:  (UK, rail transport) Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
noun:  (Malaysia, law enforcement, nautical) Acronym of Special Task and Rescue.
noun:  (Singapore, law enforcement) Acronym of Special Tactics and Rescue (Singapore).

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