CAPITOL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet

Synonyms:

Capitol; Capitol Building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

government building (a building that houses a branch of government)

Holonyms ("Capitol" is a part of...):

American capital; capital of the United States; Washington; Washington D.C. (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A building occupied by a state legislature