word
red giant
RED JY-unt
rɛd ˈdʒaɪəntListen
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Syllable breakdown
redgiant
Dictionary meaning
evolved star that has exhausted hydrogen in its core and expanded dramatically while its outer layers cool and redden; represents a late stage in the life of a sun-like star before it sheds its outer shell and becomes a white dwarf; the Sun will become a red giant in approximately five billion years
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