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MEUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Meuse mean? 

MEUSE (noun)
  The noun MEUSE has 2 senses:

1. a European river; flows into the North Seaplay

2. an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11play

  Familiarity information: MEUSE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A European river; flows into the North Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Meuse; Meuse River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

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

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Argonne; Argonne Forest; Meuse; Meuse-Argonne; Meuse-Argonne operation; Meuse River

Instance hypernyms:

military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

Meronyms (parts of "Meuse"):

battle of St Mihiel; Saint-Mihiel; St Mihiel (a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France)

Domain region:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

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

First World War; Great War; War to End War; World War 1; World War I (a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918)


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