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GREAT DANE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Great Dane mean?
• GREAT DANE (noun)
The noun GREAT DANE has 1 sense:
1. very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dog
Familiarity information: GREAT DANE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dog
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Great Dane" is a kind of...):
working dog (any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs)
Context examples
The Great Dane is a giant dog with a long narrow head and ears that are either cropped rather long, pointed, and carried erect, or left natural.
(Great Dane, NCI Thesaurus)
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