DURHAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Durham mean? 

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

1. a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University

2. English breed of short-horned cattle

  Familiarity information: DURHAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DURHAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (parts of "Durham"):

Duke University (a university in Durham, North Carolina)

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

N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English breed of short-horned cattle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Durham; shorthorn

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

beef; beef cattle (cattle that are reared for their meat)

 Context examples 

For five cents he could have bought a package of Durham and brown papers and rolled forty cigarettes—but what of it?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

That means she has a hit, and in a new study published Monday, researchers from Durham University in England say Freya can sniff out malaria with 70 percent accuracy.

(The Dog's Nose Knows Malaria, Kevin Enochs/VOA)

When quiet had been restored and the audience resumed their seats after the ovation which they had given to the travelers, the chairman, the Duke of Durham, addressed the meeting.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The ACOSOG (Durham, NC) includes general and specialty surgeons, representatives of related oncologic disciplines and allied health professionals in academic medical centers and community practices throughout the US and foreign countries.

(American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, NCI Thesaurus)

Now, suppose I, who have much of affairs, wish to ship goods, say, to Newcastle, or Durham, or Harwich, or Dover, might it not be that it could with more ease be done by consigning to one in these ports?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Even the unexpected fall of the Duke of Durham into the orchestra, which occurred at this moment, could not distract the petrified attention of the vast audience.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)