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    LOADSTAR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Something that serves as a model or guideplay

    Synonyms:

    loadstar; lodestar

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

    example; model (a representative form or pattern)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomyplay

    Synonyms:

    loadstar; lodestar

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

    star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)

    Instance hyponyms:

    North Star; polar star; Polaris; pole star; polestar (the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it)

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