Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for nebula. Search instead for nebule.
Definitions

nebula

[neb-yuh-luh] / ˈnɛb yə lə /
NOUN
cloud of gas
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

This means the Galilean moons may have inherited organic material from two sources: the wider solar nebula and local chemical activity within Jupiter's own disk billions of years ago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

About 1,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus, the nebula surrounds a hidden central star buried within a thick blanket of dust, resembling a glowing "yolk" inside a dark "egg white."

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026

It is the first, youngest, and closest pre-planetary nebula ever identified.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026

Using X-ray observations from the XMM-Newton space telescope, DiKerby identified a pulsar wind nebula -- an expanding region filled with energetic electrons and particles receiving energy from a pulsar.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

Her dress was void black, mixed with the colors of a space nebula, as if galaxies were being born in her bodice.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




Vocabulary lists containing nebula


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "nebula" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com