Blob Definition

blŏb
blob, blobs
noun
blobs
A soft, amorphous mass.
American Heritage
A drop or small lump of a thick, viscous substance.
A blob of jelly.
Webster's New World
A small spot or splash of color.
Webster's New World
Something of vague or indefinite form.
A hazy blob on the horizon.
Webster's New World

A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

Wiktionary
verb
blob, blobs
To splash or mark, as with blobs.
Webster's New World
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abbreviation

(databases) Abbreviation of Binary large object. (This is a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length.)

I've added a BLOB so that we can store pictures.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Blob

Noun

Singular:
blob
Plural:
blobs

Origin of Blob

  • From Middle English blober bubble, bubbling probably of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Possibly formed through mimesis, similarly to bleb and blubber.

    From Wiktionary

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