CARDIGAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cardigan mean? 

• CARDIGAN (noun)
  The noun CARDIGAN has 2 senses:

1. knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper

2. slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail

  Familiarity information: CARDIGAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIGAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

jumper; sweater (a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body)

Meronyms (parts of "cardigan"):

slide fastener; zip; zip fastener; zipper (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cardigan; Cardigan Welsh corgi

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

corgi; Welsh corgi (either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head)

 Context examples 

The Cardigan Welsh Corgi is a long, low dog with very large erect ears, a broad flat skull, and a long, low-set tail.

(Cardigan Welsh Corgi, NCI Thesaurus)