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FEZ (fezzes)

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Irregular inflected form: fezzes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fez mean? 

FEZ (noun)
  The noun FEZ has 2 senses:

1. a city in north central Morocco; religious centerplay

2. a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crownplay

  Familiarity information: FEZ used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FEZ (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in north central Morocco; religious center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Fes; Fez

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco (a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fez; tarboosh

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

cap (a tight-fitting headdress)


 Context examples 


We found Hildesheim in his office, a Hebrew of rather the Adelphi Theatre type, with a nose like a sheep, and a fez.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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