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SIAMESE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip
Synonyms:
Siamese; Siamese cat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Siamese" is a kind of...):
domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Siamese"):
blue point Siamese (Siamese cat having a bluish cream-colored body and dark grey points)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building
Synonyms:
siamese; siamese connection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("siamese" is a kind of...):
inlet; intake (an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container)
Holonyms ("siamese" is a part of...):
sprinkler system (a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A branch of the Tai languages
Synonyms:
Central Thai; Siamese; Thai
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Siamese" is a kind of...):
Tai (the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages)
Derivation:
Siamese (of or relating to the languages of the Thai people)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Thailand
Synonyms:
Siamese; Tai; Thai
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Siamese" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Holonyms ("Siamese" is a member of...):
Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)
Derivation:
Siamese (of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Thailand
Example:
the Thai border with Laos
Synonyms:
Siamese; Tai; Thai
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Siam (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to the languages of the Thai people
Example:
Thai tones
Synonyms:
Siamese; Tai; Thai
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Thai (a branch of the Tai languages)
Derivation:
Siamese (a branch of the Tai languages)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people
Example:
different Thai tribes live in the north
Synonyms:
Siamese; Tai; Thai
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Siamese (a native or inhabitant of Thailand)
Derivation:
Siamese (a native or inhabitant of Thailand)
