me‧te‧or /ˈmiːtiə $ -ər/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: météore, from Medieval Latin meteorum, from Greek meteoron 'something in the sky', from meteoros 'high in air']
a piece of rock or metal that travels through space, and makes a bright line in the night sky when it falls down towards the Earth:
Astronomers track large meteors using radar. a meteor shower (=a lot of meteors that fall down towards the Earth at the same time) [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲