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BURNHAM

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Overview

BURNHAM (noun)
  The noun BURNHAM has 1 sense:

1. United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


BURNHAM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Burnham; Daniel Hudson Burnham

Instance hypernyms:

architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))


 Context examples 


A team led by Dr. Alessandra Sacco at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute set out to explore the causes of satellite cell impairment and depletion.

(Controlling Muscle Repair, NIH)



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