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    POLAR STAR

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward itplay

    Synonyms:

    North Star; polar star; Polaris; pole star; polestar

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    loadstar; lodestar (guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy)

    variable; variable star (a star that varies noticeably in brightness)

    Holonyms ("polar star" is a member of...):

    Little Bear; Ursa Minor (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)

    Dipper; Little Dipper (a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris)

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