GIANT STAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant star mean? 

• GIANT STAR (noun)
  The noun GIANT STAR has 1 sense:

1. a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

  Familiarity information: GIANT STAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT STAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

giant; giant star

Hypernyms ("giant star" is a kind of...):

star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)

Instance hyponyms:

Arcturus (the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth)

Capella (the brightest star in Auriga)

 Context examples 

Our Sun will swell to become a similar red giant star in about five billion years.

(Giant Bubbles on Red Giant Star’s Surface, ESO)

After that, all that remains of the star is what we see here: glowing outer layers surrounding a white dwarf star, the remnants of the red giant star’s core.

(Hubble Views Final Stages of a Star’s Life, ESA/NASA)

The astronomers also determined that the two stars that merged were of relatively low mass, one being a red giant star with a mass somewhere between 0.8 and 2.5 times that of our Sun.

(Stellar Corpse Reveals Origin of Radioactive Molecules, ESO)

KELT-9 will swell to become a red giant star in a few hundred million years.

(Astronomers reveal discovery of the hottest gas giant exoplanet known yet, Wikinews)

One known source of cosmic dust is AGB stars, or stars with about the mass of the Sun that are running out of fuel and puff up to many times their original size to form a red giant star. (AGB stars are one type of red giant star.)

(Exploding Stars Make Key Ingredient in Sand, Glass, NASA)