celestial body meaning

Definition of celestial body

1. natural objects visible in the sky

   Synonyms: heavenly body

   Type of: natural object

   Kinds: minor planet, planet, planetesimal, primary, quasar, satellite, star

celestial body in a sentence

• An axis is an imaginary straight line around which a celestial body rotates.
• Tom doesn't know what a star is and what a celestial body is.
• It was once believed that the celestial bodies sat in quintessence, a fifth element not found on Earth.
• Aristotle believed that the celestial bodies were made of a fifth element, called the aether or quintessence.

How to pronounce celestial body

celestial body is pronounced /səˈlɛstʃəl ˈbɑdi/ in American English. It has 5 syllables.