CHARLES'S WAIN

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 I. (noun) 

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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 ("Charles's Wain" is a part of...):

Great Bear; Ursa Major (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)

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