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HOUGHTON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Houghton" is a part of...):
Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)
Synonyms:
Henry Oscar Houghton; Houghton
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
publisher (a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music)
