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GROWLER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("growler" is a kind of...):
berg; iceberg (a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A speaker whose voice sounds like a growl
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("growler" is a kind of...):
speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))
Derivation:
growl (to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds)
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