PUBLIC SQUARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public square mean? 

• PUBLIC SQUARE (noun)
  The noun PUBLIC SQUARE has 2 senses:

1. an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

2. a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece

  Familiarity information: PUBLIC SQUARE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC SQUARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An open area at the meeting of two or more streets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

public square; square

Hypernyms ("public square" is a kind of...):

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public square"):

piazza; place; plaza (a public square with room for pedestrians)

Instance hyponyms:

Trafalgar Square (a square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelson)

Holonyms ("public square" is a part of...):

city (an incorporated administrative district established by state charter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

agora; public square

Hypernyms ("public square" is a kind of...):

market; market place; marketplace; mart (an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up)