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BIKINI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman's very brief bathing suit
Synonyms:
bikini; two-piece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bikini" is a kind of...):
bathing costume; bathing suit; swimming costume; swimsuit; swimwear (tight fitting garment worn for swimming)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
atoll (an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon)
Holonyms ("Bikini" is a part of...):
Marshall Islands (a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia)
