LIMERICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Limerick mean? 

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

1. port city in southwestern Ireland

2. a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba

  Familiarity information: LIMERICK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMERICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Port city in southwestern Ireland

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)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

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

Eire; Ireland; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

rhyme; verse (a piece of poetry)