WordNet: meteor, shooting star

a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode

• hypernym light, visible light, visible radiation

• hyponym bolide, fireball

• part holonym meteor shower, meteor stream

meteor

• (suomi) meteori (synonyymi)

shooting star

• (suomi) tähdenlento (synonyymi)