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MEERSCHAUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("meerschaum" is a kind of...):

pipe; tobacco pipe (a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco)

Meronyms (substance of "meerschaum"):

meerschaum; sepiolite (a white clayey mineral)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A white clayey mineral

Synonyms:

meerschaum; sepiolite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("meerschaum" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Holonyms ("meerschaum" is a substance of...):

meerschaum (a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum)

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