ATTACHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does attache mean? 

• ATTACHE (noun)
  The noun ATTACHE has 2 senses:

1. a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission

2. a shallow and rectangular briefcase

  Familiarity information: ATTACHE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATTACHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

specialiser; specialist; specializer (an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "attache"):

cultural attache (an attache who is a specialist in cultural matters)

military attache (an attache who is a specialist in military matters)

Holonyms ("attache" is a member of...):

diplomatic mission (a mission serving diplomatic ends)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shallow and rectangular briefcase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

attache; attache case

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

briefcase (a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books)

 Context examples 

Edrecolomab attaches to EpCAM, a human cell surface glycoprotein that is found on normal epithelial cells and some tumor cells, such as those of colon and breast carcinomas.

(Edrecolomab, NCI Thesaurus)

Eloxatin attaches to DNA in cells and may kill cancer cells.

(Eloxatin, NCI Dictionary)

Fluorine F 18 FEQA attaches to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) found on the surface of some tumor cells.

(fluorine F 18 FEQA, NCI Dictionary)

The IL-3 attaches to the cancer cells and the toxic substance kills them.

(DT(388)IL3 Fusion Protein, NCI Dictionary)

An enzyme (a protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body) that attaches methyl groups to DNA.

(DNA methylase, NCI Dictionary)

Cytoxan attaches to DNA in cells and may kill cancer cells.

(Cytoxan, NCI Dictionary)

The fact is that there is one really serious flaw in this evidence to which our friend attaches so much importance.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It involves the superficial cerebral cortex and leptomeninges, and often attaches to the dura.

(Desmoplastic Infantile Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

Ifex attaches to DNA in cells and may kill cancer cells.

(Ifex, NCI Dictionary)

Ifosfamide attaches to DNA in cells and may kill cancer cells.

(Ifosfamide, NCI Dictionary)