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BOYLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)
Synonyms:
Boyle; Robert Boyle
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States writer (1902-1992)
Synonyms:
Boyle; Kay Boyle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
