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CHURCHILL DOWNS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Churchill Downs mean? 

CHURCHILL DOWNS (noun)
  The noun CHURCHILL DOWNS has 1 sense:

1. a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Louisville; site of the Kentucky Derbyplay

  Familiarity information: CHURCHILL DOWNS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHURCHILL DOWNS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Louisville; site of the Kentucky Derby

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

dirt track (a racetrack that is not paved)

Holonyms ("Churchill Downs" is a part of...):

Louisville (the largest city in Kentucky; located in north central Kentucky on the Ohio river; site of the Kentucky Derby)


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