blob

noun \ ˈbläb \

|Updated on: 14 Jul 2018

Examples: blob in a Sentence

Definition of blob

1 a : a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick

b : a daub or spot of color

2 : something shapeless

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Examples of blob in a Sentence

That blue blob in the corner of the map is the lake we're headed for.
flicked a blob of jelly on the toast and began to spread it around

Recent Examples of blob from the Web

Without this mask, the star’s light would obscure planet PDS 70b — the bright circular blob to the right of the center.

— sarah gray, Fortune, "Watch Incredible, First-Ever Footage of a Planet Being Born," 5 July 2018
That’s it right up there, the bright li’l blob just right of center — a newly formed, yet unnamed gas giant with a mass greater than Jupiter, orbiting a star known as PDS70.

— madeleine aggeler, The Cut, "Sorry But I Don’t Find This Newborn Planet Very Cute," 2 July 2018
Since the late 90’s, physicists have been developing machines that can autonomously assemble and control the blobs during spaceflight.

— sophia chen, WIRED, "The Quest to Make Super Cold Quantum Blobs in Space," 25 June 2018
On a sunny morning in Delray Beach, thick, tangled blobs reached two feet high in spots, but swimmers picked their way across to reach the water.

— david fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Seaweed assaults South Florida beaches," 20 June 2018
In another gorgeous instance, the video display does the opposite of melting, when dancing, peachy blobs reach toward each other and then materialize into a pair of giant hands.

— lily janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, "Projections the highlight of ‘Solo Date’ at S.F. International Arts Fest," 1 June 2018
Like mutant cells in a petri dish, mock galaxies grew all wrong, becoming excessively starry blobs instead of gently rotating spirals.

— natalie wolchover, WIRED, "The Universe Is Not a Simulation, but We Can Now Simulate It," 16 June 2018
Those waves are then bounced back through the wall and into the device, where AI is able to transform a blob of signals into stick figures that illustrate body position and movement.

— liz stinson, Curbed, "MIT just invented X-ray vision—sort of," 15 June 2018
Just slip on a pair of gloves, rake a blob of the conditioner through your dry hair, leave it in for 10 to 15 minutes, and rinse.

— chloe metzger, Marie Claire, "Rose-Gold Hair Is Officially the Biggest Hair Trend We’ve Seen in Decades," 14 May 2018

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