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LEANING TOWER OF PISA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leaning Tower of Pisa mean?
• LEANING TOWER OF PISA (noun)
The noun LEANING TOWER OF PISA has 1 sense:
1. a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174
Familiarity information: LEANING TOWER OF PISA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LEANING TOWER OF PISA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Leaning Tower; Leaning Tower of Pisa
Instance hypernyms:
belfry; campanile (a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building)
Holonyms ("Leaning Tower of Pisa" is a part of...):
Pisa (a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower)
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