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Definitions for Ceres

[1] a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
[2] Astronomy . the first asteroid to be discovered, being the largest and one of the brightest.
[3] a town in central California.
[4] a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
[5] Archaic . to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, especially a corpse.
[6] Obsolete . to wax.
[7] the Roman goddess of agriculture Greek counterpart: Demeter
[8] the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system, located in the asteroid belt. It has a diameter of 930 kilometres
[9] a soft waxy swelling, containing the nostrils, at the base of the upper beak in such birds as the parrot
[10] (tr) to wrap (a corpse) in a cerecloth

Words nearby Ceres

ceremony, cerenkov, cerenkov effect, cerenkov radiation, cereous, Ceres, ceresin, cereus, cerf, ceria, ceric

Origin of Ceres

21375–1425; late Middle English ceren < Latin cērāre to wax, verbal derivative of cēra wax

Other words from Ceres

cered , adjective
cere·less , adjective

Word origin for Ceres

C15: from Latin cērāre, from cēra wax