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MEERSCHAUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("meerschaum" is a kind of...):
pipe; tobacco pipe (a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco)
Meronyms (substance of "meerschaum"):
meerschaum; sepiolite (a white clayey mineral)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A white clayey mineral
Synonyms:
meerschaum; sepiolite
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("meerschaum" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Holonyms ("meerschaum" is a substance of...):
meerschaum (a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum)
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