BOSTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Boston mean? 

• BOSTON (noun)
  The noun BOSTON has 1 sense:

1. state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

  Familiarity information: BOSTON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOSTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Bean Town; Beantown; Boston; capital of Massachusetts; Hub of the Universe

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Meronyms (parts of "Boston"):

Charlestown Navy Yard (the navy yard in Boston where the frigate 'Constitution' is anchored)

Boston Harbor (the seaport at Boston)

Beacon Hill (a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building)

Charlestown (a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629)

Domain member region:

battle of Bunker Hill; Bunker Hill (the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces)

Holonyms ("Boston" is a part of...):

Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

 Context examples 

Release of that land-ice, it was thought, could contribute more than 6 feet of sea level rise by the end of the century — enough to completely flood Boston and other coastal cities.

(Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to ice-sheet instability as much as predicted, National Science Foundation)

Researchers from Columbia, Harvard and Boston Universities analyzed a subset of data collected from 2,280 male veterans from the greater Boston area who were given tests to determine their lung function.

(Aspirin Could Cut Air Pollution Harms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The brain-like tissue was developed at the Tissue Engineering Resource Center at Tufts University, Boston.

(Bioengineers create functional 3D brain-like tissue, NIH)

Researchers analyzed data from the Boston Birth Cohort, a long-term study of factors influencing pregnancy and child development.

(Acetaminophen exposure in pregnancy linked to higher risk of ADHD, autism, National Institutes of Health)

"There's no question that there's a problem in football. That people who play football are at risk for this disease," study author and director of Boston University's CTE Center Dr. Ann McKee said.

(Study: Brain Disease Found in Nearly All Deceased US Football Players, VOA News)

A research team from Boston Children’s Hospital investigated an easier way to deliver ear infection medication.

(Developing novel ear infection treatments, NIH)

Researchers from Boston University’s Center for Space Physics set out to solve the mystery by mapping temperatures well above Jupiter’s cloud tops using observations from Earth.

(Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Likely a Massive Heat Source, NASA)

Ray Boston suggested in 2008 fire may have broken out ten days prior to departure.

(UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic, Wikinews)

Boston Terriers, also called the Boston bull, are compact and well-muscled dogs.

(Boston Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

Since 2005, researchers have enrolled 560 children from 4 cities: Baltimore, Boston, New York, and St. Louis.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)