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BURNHAM
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• BURNHAM (noun)
The noun BURNHAM has 1 sense:
1. United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912)
Familiarity information: BURNHAM used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Burnham; Daniel Hudson Burnham
Instance hypernyms:
architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))
Context examples
A team led by Dr. Alessandra Sacco at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute set out to explore the causes of satellite cell impairment and depletion.
(Controlling Muscle Repair, NIH)
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"A man must make his own arrows." (Native American proverb, Winnebago)
"Give the dough to baker even if he eats half of it." (Arabic proverb)
"You will get furthest with honesty." (Czech proverb)