COVENTRY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

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

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Meaning:

The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)

Example:

the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry

Synonyms:

banishment; Coventry; ostracism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

exclusion (the state of being excluded)