globe

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
globe/ɡləʊb/

▶noun

• 1 a spherical or rounded object.

  ■ a golden orb as an emblem of sovereignty.

• 2 (the globe) the earth.

  ■ a spherical representation of the earth with a map on the surface.

• 3 Austral./NZ a lightbulb.

▶verb literary form into a globe.

– derivatives
globe-like adjective,
globoid adjective & noun,
globose adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. globus.