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MUSEUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("museum" is a kind of...):
deposit; depositary; depository; repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "museum"):
science museum (a museum that collects and displays objects having scientific interest)
Instance hyponyms:
Hagia Sofia; Hagia Sophia; Santa Sofia; Santa Sophia (a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century)
Louvre; Louvre Museum (an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris)
Context examples:
If you are an architect, historian, a dealer in rare letters and autographs, a museum curator, or archeologist, this month will find you winning your glory and making exceptional progress.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"Exactly. Any one of the larger carnivorous dinosaurs would meet the case. Among them are to be found all the most terrible types of animal life that have ever cursed the earth or blessed a museum."
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
With planets in Capricorn, if you are single, I feel you won’t meet through a dating app—Capricorn promotes traditional values, so it is more likely that that you would meet at a party, club event, or another gathering, such as at an elegant sporting event, museum or art opening, or an exclusive industry conference or seminar.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Capricorn also rules historical material, so if you are an archeologist, a museum curator of historical objects, or a producer on the History Channel or are working on a movie with a historical theme, you will be exceptionally busy.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The upside of the Sun conjunct Neptune is that if you work in the arts—perhaps as an actor, artist, photographer, musician, director of an art gallery or curator of a museum, or any of the many other jobs that deal in the creative or cultural arts—you may conclude an agreement for a large sale within four days of this full moon.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
