Definitions for Ceres

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Ceres Ce·res

Spelling: [seer-eez]

IPA: /ˈsɪər iz/

Ceres is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in Ceres (ceers).

Definitions for Ceres

noun

1. a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
2. Astronomy. the first asteroid to be discovered, being the largest and one of the brightest.
3. a town in central California.
4. a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.

verb (used with object)

1. Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, especially a corpse.
2. Obsolete. to wax.

Origin of Ceres

1480-90; earlier sere, spelling variant of *cere Medieval Latin cēra literally, wax Latin

Examples for Ceres

Ceres said no rain should fall till Proserpina came back to her mother.

But Ceres shook her head, and hastened away, along with Hecate.

It was in this locality that Piazzi discovered the asteroid Ceres, January 1, 1800.

"Proserpina, my beautiful daughter, is gone from me," said Ceres.

They are now passing Ceres and will soon be out of the asteroid belt.

Was the daughter of Jove and Ceres to be destined to a mere place in our household!

His addresses were favoured by her father, but opposed by Ceres.

They were sometimes celebrated in honor of Jupiter, sometimes of Bacchus, and sometimes of Ceres.

The haughty Juno was seated on his left hand and Ceres on his right.

"You kill me by saying so," cried Ceres, almost ready to faint.