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galaxy

GAL-uhk-see/ˈɡæl.ək.si/

Pluralgalaxies

Verbgalaxies, galaxying, galaxied

6 meanings of galaxy

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  1. 1
    star systemnouncountable
    A huge group of millions or billions of stars, plus dust and black holes, that forms one system in space.

    Like a huge city of stars, with empty space all around it.

    Our sun is just one star among billions in our galaxy.

    With a big telescope, you can see galaxies that are very far away.

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    brilliant groupnounfigurativelycountable
    A group of people or things that seem to shine, like stars.

    The show had a galaxy of famous singers.

    The jewelry store window held a galaxy of rings and necklaces.

    Similarhost, array, constellation

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    space printnoun
    A pattern that looks like a galaxy in space, with bright colors that blend together on a dark background.

    He bought a phone case with a galaxy print on the back.

    The bakery covered the birthday cake in purple and blue galaxy frosting.

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    fill with starsverbtransitive
    To fill something, like the night sky, with galaxies.

    Out in the desert, the night sky was galaxied from one edge to the other.

    The children's room has a ceiling galaxied with painted stars and clouds of light.

    Similarspangle

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Less common meanings

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    band across skynounarchaic
    The Milky Way, the long band of stars you can see across the night sky.

    Long ago, people looked up at the galaxy and thought it was made of milk.

    Grecian imagination ascribed to the galaxy or milky way an origin in the teeming breast of the queen of heaven[.]
    1833, Thomas Keightley, Fairy MythologyHere, galaxy means the Milky Way, the band of stars across the night sky.
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    gather togetherverbarchaic
    To bring things together so they shine as one bright group.
    How dazzling must their brightness be when they are galaxied in a single bosom!
    1844, Horace Smith, Arthur Arundel: A Tale of the English RevolutionHere, galaxied means gathered together into one shining whole.
    The brilliancies on one page of Lalla Roohk ^([sic]) would have sufficed to establish that very reputation which has been in a great measure self-dimned by the galaxied lustre of the entire book.
    1841, Edgar Allan Poe, “Review of New Books”Here, galaxied means gathered together into one shining whole.
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Origin

It comes from a Greek word meaning "Milky Way", which comes from the Greek word for milk.