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    POM-POM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanesplay

    Synonyms:

    ack-ack; ack-ack gun; antiaircraft; antiaircraft gun; flack; flak; pom-pom

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("pom-pom" is a kind of...):

    gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

    Meronyms (parts of "pom-pom"):

    predictor (a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pom-pom"):

    Bofors gun (an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hatplay

    Synonyms:

    pom-pom; pompon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("pom-pom" is a kind of...):

    adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)

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