GROWLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does growler mean? 

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

1. a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl

2. a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping

  Familiarity information: GROWLER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROWLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A speaker whose voice sounds like a growl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))

Derivation:

growl (to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

berg; iceberg (a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier)