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BREED'S HILL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Breed's Hill mean?
• BREED'S HILL (noun)
The noun BREED'S HILL has 1 sense:
1. a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775
Familiarity information: BREED'S HILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
Holonyms ("Breed's Hill" is a part of...):
Charlestown (a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629)
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