MAP COLLECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does map collection mean? 

• MAP COLLECTION (noun)
  The noun MAP COLLECTION has 1 sense:

1. a collection of maps in book form

  Familiarity information: MAP COLLECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAP COLLECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection of maps in book form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

atlas; book of maps; map collection

Hypernyms ("map collection" is a kind of...):

book of facts; reference; reference book; reference work (a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts)

Meronyms (parts of "map collection"):

gazetteer (a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "map collection"):

dialect atlas; linguistic atlas (an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features)