Link Centre Dictionary

halo

US/ˈheɪloʊ/ fairly common informal slang

noun

2.

a toroidal shape

  • “a ring of ships in the harbor”
  • “a halo of smoke”
3.

a circle of light around the sun or moon

Origin

From the halo in the team logo.

Phrases

  • 22-degree halo
  • 22° halo
  • Deuel's halo sign
  • galactic halo
  • halo blight
  • halo brim
  • halo car
  • halo effect

Related words

Word family

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.