MICHIGAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Michigan mean? 

• MICHIGAN (noun)
  The noun MICHIGAN has 3 senses:

1. a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

2. the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders

3. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

  Familiarity information: MICHIGAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICHIGAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Michigan"):

Mackinac Bridge (a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan)

Upper Peninsula (the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan)

Lower Peninsula (the part of Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron)

Lake Saint Clair; Lake St. Clair (a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie)

Grand River (a river in southern Michigan that flows northwest to empty into Lake Michigan)

Detroit River (a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world)

Traverse City (a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Michigan)

Monroe (a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie)

Marquette (a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan)

capital of Michigan; Lansing (capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River)

Jackson (a town in south central Michigan)

Houghton (a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula)

Grand Rapids (a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture)

Flint (a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing)

Detroit; Motor City; Motown (the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor)

Ann Arbor (a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan)

Alpena (a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron)

Isle Royal National Park (a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines)

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

middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America))

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Lake Michigan; Michigan

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

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

Great Lakes (a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

boodle; Chicago; Michigan; Newmarket; stops

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

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

 Context examples 

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; appearance of left foot - normal.

(MNSI - Left Foot Appears Normal, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; appearance of left foot - infection.

(MNSI - Left Foot Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; left foot - monofilament.

(MNSI - Left Foot Monofilament, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; left ankle reflexes.

(MNSI - Left Ankle Reflexes, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; total.

(MNSI - History Total, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; has your doctor ever told you that you have diabetic neuropathy?

(MNSI - Doctor Says Diabetic Neuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; do you feel weak all over most of the time?

(MNSI - Feel Weak All Over Most Times, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; are your feet too sensitive to touch?

(MNSI - Feet Too Sensitive to Touch, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; appearance of left foot - other, specify.

(MNSI - Left Foot Other Abnormal Specify, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; left foot - ulceration.

(MNSI - Left Foot Ulceration, NCI Thesaurus)