Bikini (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman's very brief bathing suitplay

Synonyms:

bikini; two-piece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

bathing costume; bathing suit; swimming costume; swimsuit; swimwear (tight fitting garment worn for swimming)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weaponsplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

atoll (an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon)

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

Marshall Islands (a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia)

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