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AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sign language used in the United States
Synonyms:
American sign language; ASL
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("American sign language" is a kind of...):
sign language; signing (language expressed by visible hand gestures)
Meronyms (parts of "American sign language"):
finger alphabet; manual alphabet (an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions)