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TOURIST ATTRACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tourist attraction mean? 

TOURIST ATTRACTION (noun)
  The noun TOURIST ATTRACTION has 1 sense:

1. a characteristic that attracts touristsplay

  Familiarity information: TOURIST ATTRACTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOURIST ATTRACTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A characteristic that attracts tourists

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tourist attraction" is a kind of...):

attracter; attraction; attractive feature; attractor; magnet (a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts)


 Context examples 


The event description read, We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry.

(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)



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