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BIG DIPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)
Synonyms:
big dipper; chute-the-chute; roller coaster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("big dipper" is a kind of...):
el; elevated; elevated railroad; elevated railway; overhead railway (a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level)
ride (a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "big dipper"):
hypercoaster (a roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Synonyms:
Big Dipper; Charles's Wain; Dipper; Plough; Wagon; Wain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
asterism ((astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation))
Holonyms ("Big Dipper" is a part of...):
Great Bear; Ursa Major (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)
