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MASSACHUSETTS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Algonquian language of the Massachuset
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Massachusetts" is a kind of...):
Algonquian; Algonquian language; Algonquin (family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
Synonyms:
Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Massachusetts"):
Taconic Mountains (a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont)
Merrimack; Merrimack River (a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean)
Housatonic; Housatonic River (a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound)
Charles; Charles River (a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston)
Berkshire Hills; Berkshires (a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area)
Williamstown (a town in northwestern Massachusetts)
Salem (a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692)
Plymouth (a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620)
Cape Cod Canal (a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay)
Cape Cod (a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area)
Cape Ann (a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean)
Worcester (an industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston)
Springfield (a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River)
Pittsfield (a town in western Massachusetts)
Medford (town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston)
Lexington (town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought)
Gloucester (a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries)
Concord (town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought)
Cambridge (a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Bean Town; Beantown; Boston; capital of Massachusetts; Hub of the Universe (state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services)
Domain member region:
Concord; Lexington; Lexington and Concord (the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775))
Holonyms ("Massachusetts" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
New England (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut)
Sense 3
Meaning:
One of the British colonies that formed the United States
Synonyms:
Massachusetts; Massachusetts Bay Colony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Colony (one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
Synonyms:
Massachuset; Massachusetts
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Massachusetts" is a kind of...):
Algonquian; Algonquin (a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast)
Context examples:
A large team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Broad Institute explored the relationship among genetic mutations, plasma triglycerides, and coronary heart disease.
(Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH)
Dr. Ahmed Tawakol is a cardiologist and researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and lead author of the study.
(Biological Link Found Between Stress, Heart Disease, VOA)
A team from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School investigated whether beta-amyloid might also have antimicrobial properties.
(Alzheimer’s protein may have natural antibiotic role, NIH)
A census division of the United States consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
(New England Census Division, NCI Thesaurus)
A census region of the United States consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
(Northeastern United States Census Region, NCI Thesaurus)
A study conducted by researchers from the University of Granada and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that rather than living alone, microbial plankton in the ocean come together in complex albeit short-lived communities.
(Study by UGR and MIT reveals microbial plankton live in complex communities, University of Granada)
Francesco Massaro at the University of Turin in Italy and Raffaele D'Abrusco at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, show for the first time that the mid-infrared colors of blazars in WISE data correlate to an equivalent measurement of their gamma-ray output.
(WISE, Fermi Missions Reveal a Surprising Blazar Connection, NASA)
The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center is a cancer research consortium that integrates and builds on the collective talent and resources of seven Harvard-affiliated institutions: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Harvard, School of Public Health, and Massachusetts General Hospital.
(Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
To better understand the link between plaques and tangles, a team led by Drs. Rudolph Tanzi and Doo Yeon Kim at Massachusetts General Hospital used a cell culture system to develop a model of Alzheimer’s disease.
(Human Cells Model Alzheimer’s Disease, NIH)
National Institutes of Health and Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists identified a previously unappreciated role for the soft palate during research to better understand how influenza (flu) viruses acquire the ability to move efficiently between people.
(Researchers find role for soft palate in adaptation of transmissible influenza viruses, NIH)
