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    LIMERICK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabbaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("limerick" is a kind of...):

    rhyme; verse (a piece of poetry)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Port city in southwestern Irelandplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

    port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

    Holonyms ("Limerick" is a part of...):

    Eire; Ireland; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)

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