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SINGLETON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("singleton" is a kind of...):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A set containing a single member
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("singleton" is a kind of...):
set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A single object (as distinguished from a pair)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("singleton" is a kind of...):
1; ace; I; one; single; unity (the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "singleton"):
