LOUVRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Louvre mean? 

• LOUVRE (noun)
  The noun LOUVRE has 2 senses:

1. an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris

2. one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

  Familiarity information: LOUVRE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOUVRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Louvre; Louvre Museum

Instance hypernyms:

museum (a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value)

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

capital of France; City of Light; French capital; Paris (the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fin; louver; louvre

Hypernyms ("louvre" is a kind of...):

slat; spline (a thin strip (wood or metal))

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

jalousie (a shutter made of angled slats)

 Context examples 

He said that letters to the Hôtel du Louvre, Paris, would eventually reach him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Rainy days I spend in the Louvre, revelling in pictures.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)