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CHARLES'S WAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Charles's Wain mean? 

CHARLES'S WAIN (noun)
  The noun CHARLES'S WAIN has 1 sense:

1. a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Majorplay

  Familiarity information: CHARLES'S WAIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHARLES'S WAIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Big Dipper; Charles's Wain; Dipper; Plough; Wagon; Wain

Instance hypernyms:

asterism ((astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation))

Holonyms ("Charles's Wain" is a part of...):

Great Bear; Ursa Major (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)


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