Meaning & use
earth
The planet on which humans live, or the loose soil and ground that covers its surface.
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Astronauts described how small and fragile the earth looked from space.
Rich, dark earth covered the garden bed after the recent rain.
A note on using this word
Earth is capitalized when referring to the planet by name, but lowercase when meaning soil or ground.
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