EYRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eyre mean? 

• EYRE (noun)
  The noun EYRE has 1 sense:

1. a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent

  Familiarity information: EYRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Eyre; Lake Eyre

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Eyre" is a part of...):

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

Australia (the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean)

 Context examples 

"I came on purpose to find you, Jane Eyre," said she; "I want you in my room; and as Helen Burns is with you, she may come too."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"Is there a little girl called Jane Eyre here?" she asked.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A preface to the first edition of "Jane Eyre" being unnecessary, I gave none: this second edition demands a few words both of acknowledgment and miscellaneous remark.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This is the state of things I quite approve, returned Mrs. Reed; had I sought all England over, I could scarcely have found a system more exactly fitting a child like Jane Eyre.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Have you ever heard anything from your father's kinsfolk, the Eyres?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He vanished, but reappeared instantly—Is your name Eyre, Miss?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Miss Eyre has been an invaluable companion to me, and a kind and careful teacher to Adele.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"Did you expect a present, Miss Eyre? Are you fond of presents?" and he searched my face with eyes that I saw were dark, irate, and piercing.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"Here is Miss Eyre, sir," said Mrs. Fairfax, in her quiet way.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Well, Jane Eyre, and are you a good child?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)