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HORNPIPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A British solo dance performed by sailors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

folk dance; folk dancing (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone

Synonyms:

hornpipe; pibgorn; stockhorn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

single-reed instrument; single-reed woodwind (a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone))

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Music for dancing the hornpipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

dance music (music to dance to)

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