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STANDEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity)
Example:
he had his picture taken with a standee of the president
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("standee" is a kind of...):
cutout (a photograph from which the background has been cut away)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train)
Example:
the allowed number of standees is posted
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("standee" is a kind of...):
stander (an organism (person or animal) that stands)
Domain category:
railroad train; train (public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive)
Derivation:
stand (be standing; be upright)
