horizon

Meaning

The line where the sky seems to meet the land or sea.

Example sentences

• The sun sank below the horizon.সূর্য দিগন্তের নিচে ডুবে গেল।
• A ship appeared on the horizon.দিগন্তে একটি জাহাজ দেখা দিল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: skyline

Similar words, and what each means

• skyline

  দিগন্তরেখা

  The outline of land or buildings against the sky.

“horizon” elsewhere on EnglishBD

• Green paddy fields ran to the horizon, boys waved at the train from the edge of a pond, and small stations passed with their names painted on tin boards.

  A Journey by Train →

• It travels straight within one medium but bends where it crosses into another — which is why a stick looks broken at the surface of water, why a spearfisher aims below the fish, and why the sun stays visible for a couple of minutes after it has actually dropped below the horizon.

  refraction — dictionary →

• The shimmering sea stretched to the horizon.

  shimmering — dictionary →

Where this word is used

• দিগন্ত — বাংলা অর্থ

Check yourself

1. “horizon” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

   • • আলোচনা
   • • দিগন্ত
   • • অসুস্থতা, রোগভোগ
   • • ট্যাংক, জলাধার
   Show the answer

   দিগন্ত — horizon (noun) — দিগন্ত. The line where the sky seems to meet the land or sea.

2. Which word is closest in meaning to “horizon”?

   • • slate
   • • voltmeter
   • • skyline
   • • occupancy
   Show the answer

   skyline — skyline — দিগন্তরেখা. The outline of land or buildings against the sky.

Related words

• skylineদিগন্তরেখাsynonym
• hopscotchএক্কাদোক্কাnearby
• hordeবিশাল দল, ঝাঁকnearby
• horizontalঅনুভূমিকnearby
• hormoneহরমোনnearby
• hornbillধনেশsame level
• hornetভীমরুলsame level
• horrifyআতঙ্কিত করা, শিউরে দেওয়াsame level
• horrifyingভয়ংকর, শিউরে ওঠার মতোsame level
• horrorআতঙ্ক, বিভীষিকাsame level
• horse aroundহুড়োহুড়ি করা, দুষ্টুমি করাsame level
• hosepipeপানির পাইপsame level