RED PLANET

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Red Planet mean? 

• RED PLANET (noun)
  The noun RED PLANET has 1 sense:

1. a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color

  Familiarity information: RED PLANET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED PLANET (noun)

Meaning:

A small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Mars; Red Planet

Context example:

Mars has two satellites

Instance hypernyms:

superior planet (any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit)

terrestrial planet (a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system)

Holonyms ("Red Planet" is a member of...):

solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)