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MACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mace" is a kind of...):
staff (a rod carried as a symbol)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("mace" is a kind of...):
spice (any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food)
Meronyms (substance of "mace"):
nutmeg (hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree used as spice when grated or ground)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An official who carries a mace of office
Synonyms:
mace; macebearer; macer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mace" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
Synonyms:
Chemical Mace; Mace
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Mace" is a kind of...):
chloroacetophenone; CN gas (a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer)
Domain usage:
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
