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Meaning of blob

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blob

Pronunciation:/blɒb//blɑb/

noun

Definitions

  1. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

  2. In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.

  3. A bubble; a bleb.

  4. A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.

verb

Definitions

  1. To drop in the form of a blob or blobs

  2. To drop a blob or blobs onto, cover with blobs.

  3. To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.

  4. To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.

blob

Pronunciation:/blɒb//blɑb/

noun

Definitions

  1. Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length).

    Example: I've added a BLOB so that we can store pictures.