ɜːθ ɝθ ɜːθ ɝθ ɡləʊb ɡloʊb wɜːld wɝld wɵːld a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on the Earth moves around the sun he sailed around the world an object with a spherical shape a ball of fire