Formation and Object

Formation

Formation noun - (geology) the geological features of the earth.

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Object and formation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Object" instead a noun "Formation".

Nearby Words: form, formed, forming, format, formative

Object noun - Something material that can be perceived by the senses.

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Formation and object are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Object".

special	special formation	special object
similar	similar formation	similar object
common	common formation	common object
specific	specific formation	specific object
Other adjectives: certain, original, single, actual, massive, large, new, shaped, strange, different, spherical, floating, stellar.

A group of people are standing around, possibly in the same formation as bowling pins, and a large, often spherical object crashes into them and sends them flying.

Source: Bowled Over
Ironically, Pluto is still one of the most valuable objects for exploration, since it's the closest Kuiper Belt object and can provide science with information about the solar system's formation.

Source: Pluto Is Expendable
Albion has the Varniaks and Krondirr drop various body parts (a sphere shaped object in the venom gland for the former, a crystalline formation embedded in the forehead and a piece of meat for the later) that can be sold.

Source: Organ Drops

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