- Washington
- noun1. 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 (Freq. 27)• Derivationally related forms: ↑Washingtonian• Instance Hypernyms: ↑national capital• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Potomac• Part Holonyms: ↑District of Columbia, ↑D.C., ↑DC• Part Meronyms:↑Capitol, ↑Capitol Building, ↑Lincoln Memorial, ↑Washington Monument, ↑White House, ↑Capitol Hill, ↑the Hill, ↑Georgetown2. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific (Freq. 3)• Syn: ↑Evergreen State, ↑WA• Derivationally related forms: ↑Washingtonian• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state• Part Holonyms:• Part Meronyms:↑Pacific Northwest, ↑Mount Ranier National Park, ↑North Cascades National Park, ↑Olympic National Park, ↑Cape Flattery, ↑Aberdeen, ↑Bellingham, ↑Kennewick, ↑Olympia, ↑capital of Washington, ↑Seattle, ↑Spokane, ↑Tacoma, ↑Vancouver, ↑Walla Walla, ↑Yakima, ↑Mount Saint Helens, ↑Mount St. Helens, ↑Mt. St. Helens, ↑Adams, ↑Mount Adams, ↑Lake Chelan, ↑Columbia, ↑Columbia River, ↑Inland Passage, ↑Inside Passage, ↑Puget Sound, ↑Ranier, ↑Mount Ranier, ↑Mt. Ranier, ↑Mount Tacoma, ↑scablands, ↑Snake, ↑Snake River3. the federal government of the United States (Freq. 2)• Syn: ↑Capital• Derivationally related forms: ↑Washingtonian• Instance Hypernyms: ↑federal government4. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) (Freq. 1)• Syn: ↑George Washington, ↑President Washington• Derivationally related forms: ↑Washingtonian• Instance Hypernyms: ↑general, ↑full general, ↑President of the United States, ↑United States President, ↑President, ↑Chief Executive5. United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
