Home›Browse›T›the milky waythe milky wayOur editors are putting together more complete content — check back in about 20 minutesthe milky waythe milky way — nounnoun1. the galaxy that contains our solar system, appearing as a bright band of stars a1.nounDefinitionthe galaxy that contains our solar system, appearing as a bright band of stars across the night skyExampleWe could see the Milky Way clearly from the mountain top.