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astro

astro is the clipping of astrology.

astro is the clipping of astroturf.

Meaning of astrology

Noun

astrology (usually uncountable, plural astrologies)

  1. (usually) Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.
    • For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 274

Noun capitalized: Astro

Astro (plural Astros)

  1. A player for the Houston Astros.
    • Jones became an Astro as the result of a pre-season trade.

Forms of astro

pluralastros
pluralAstros

Questions about astro

What does astro mean?
Astro means a player for the Houston Astros.
What is astro the clipping of?
Astro is the clipping of astrology.
What part of speech is astro?
Astro is a noun.
What is the plural of astro?
The plural of astro is astros.

Words near astro in the dictionary

  1. astrions
  2. astripotent
  3. astripotents
  4. astrite
  5. astrites
  6. astro
  7. astro-
  8. astro-boffin
  9. astro-boffins
  10. astro-engineer
  11. astro-engineers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: astro (page history and authors); Astro (page history and authors); astrology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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