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STREAMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
Synonyms:
banner; streamer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("streamer" is a kind of...):
flag (emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A long flag; often tapering
Synonyms:
pennant; pennon; streamer; waft
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("streamer" is a kind of...):
flag (emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "streamer"):
pennoncel; pennoncelle; penoncel (a small pennant borne on a lance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A newspaper headline that runs across the full page
Synonyms:
banner; streamer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("streamer" is a kind of...):
headline; newspaper headline (the heading or caption of a newspaper article)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Light that streams
Example:
streamers of flames
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("streamer" is a kind of...):
light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)
Holonyms ("streamer" is a part of...):
aurora (an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force)
Context examples:
In the centre of this vast assemblage the lists seemed but a narrow strip of green marked out with banners and streamers, while a gleam of white with a flutter of pennons at either end showed where the marquees were pitched which served as the dressing-rooms of the combatants.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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