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NUN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

Holonyms ("nun" is a member of...):

Hebraic alphabet; Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew script (a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A buoy resembling a cone

Synonyms:

conical buoy; nun; nun buoy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

buoy (bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A woman religious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

religious (a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nun"):

Sister ((Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address))

Instance hyponyms:

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Mother Teresa; Mother Theresa; Teresa; Theresa (Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997))

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