BALTIMORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Baltimore mean? 

• BALTIMORE (noun)
  The noun BALTIMORE has 1 sense:

1. the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center

  Familiarity information: BALTIMORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALTIMORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Meronyms (parts of "Baltimore"):

Johns Hopkins (a university in Baltimore)

Pimlico (a racetrack for thoroughbred racing; site of the Preakness)

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

Free State; Maryland; MD; Md.; Old Line State (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

 Context examples 

The research, led by E. Mark Mahone, Ph.D., was conducted at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.

(Atypical brain development observed in preschoolers with ADHD symptoms, National Institutes of Health)

Since 2005, researchers have enrolled 560 children from 4 cities: Baltimore, Boston, New York, and St. Louis.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)

The study was conducted by Xiaobing Wang, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, and colleagues.

(Acetaminophen exposure in pregnancy linked to higher risk of ADHD, autism, National Institutes of Health)

However, the findings may point to possible treatments for hair loss/graying and skin wounds in people, the team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said.

(New Experimental Drug Reverses Hair Loss, Skin Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Researchers of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore analyzed data on 1,442 mother-child pairs from the Boston Birth Cohort, a large observational study that aims to determine the causes of preterm birth.

(New study suggests high lead levels during pregnancy linked to child obesity, National Institutes of Health)