FLAGSTAFF (flagstaves)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: flagstaves   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Flagstaff mean? 

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

1. a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory

2. a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised

  Familiarity information: FLAGSTAFF used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAGSTAFF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

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

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

flagpole; flagstaff

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

staff (a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose)

 Context examples 

As recently as five years ago, I thought the gullies on Mars indicated activity of liquid water, said lead author Colin Dundas of the U.S. Geological Survey's Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona.

(NASA spacecraft observes further evidence of dry ice gullies on Mars, NASA)