meteor

Definition

  • noun: a piece of rock or metal that burns and glows brightly in the sky as it falls from outer space into the Earth's atmosphere
  • noun: an atmospheric phenomenon (as lightning or a snowfall)

Examples

  • a 'meteor shower' [=a large number of meteors seen in a short time]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I told you about when you were a girl - The Triangle Of Light. But it is no bedtime story. The triangle was forged from metal found in the crater of a meteor that had fallen to earth at the exact moment of the previous alignment of the nine planets. The People of the Light (..)
    2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider