Définition "globe" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

globe (globes plural )

1 n-sing You can refer to the world as the globe when you are emphasizing how big it is or that something happens in many different parts of it. (=planet)
...bottles of beer from every corner of the globe...

2 n-count A globe is a ball-shaped object with a map of the world on it. It is usually fixed on a stand.
...a globe of the world...

3 n-count Any ball-shaped object can be referred to as a globe.
The overhead light was covered now with a white globe.

globe artichoke (globe artichokes plural )
→ artichoke

globe-trot   (globe-trots 3rd person present) (globe-trotting present participle) (globe-trotted past tense & past participle ), globetrot If someone spends their time globe-trotting, they spend a lot of time travelling to different parts of the world.
INFORMAL  verb
The son of a diplomat, he has spent much of his life globe-trotting.  V
♦ globe-trotting  adj
...globe-trotting academic superstars.
♦ globe-trotter  (globe-trotters plural) n-count
TV globe-trotter Alan Whicker was nearly burned alive by an angry mob in Egypt.