globes

Noun

globe (plural globes)

1. The eyeball.

   Synonyms:

   globus, eyeglobe, bulbus oculi, bulbus

2. A spherical model of Earth or of another planet.
3. A part of a device, often a lamp.
   • the globe of a lamp
4. (Australia, South Africa, dated) A light bulb.
   • Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them.1920, Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific bulletin: volumes 9-10, page 26
5. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
   • Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
6. (in plural, slang, quite uncommon) A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.
   • Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez went with her favorite silhouette: a robe-like dress, barely fastened solely in the areas you actually can’t reveal on the red carpet (remember that famous Versace number at the Grammys?). This year, she wore a silver and cream Zuhair Murad that showed off all of her best...2015 January 15, Paige Reddinger, “The Golden Globes 2015: A Full Tapis Rouge Rundown”, in Fashion Week Daily, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2019

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