how to pronounce comet

/ˈkɑːmət/

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comet is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of comet in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… notably to catch dust from a comet as …”

meanings of comet

noun:

A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.

name:

A web application model in which a long-held HTTP request allows a web server to push data to a browser, without the browser explicitly requesting it.
The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus.