UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does University of Vermont mean? 

• UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (noun)
  The noun UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT has 1 sense:

1. a university in Burlington, Vermont

  Familiarity information: UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A university in Burlington, Vermont

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)

Holonyms ("University of Vermont" is a part of...):

Burlington (the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont)

 Context examples 

The study conducted at the University of Vermont and Yale University found that obese children had a thinner prefrontal cortex than children of normal weight.

(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Jennifer Laurent, an associate professor in the Department of Nursing at the University of Vermont said: Our results show an important connection; that kids with higher BMI tend to have a thinner cerebral cortex, especially in the prefrontal area.

(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)