SIAMESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Siamese mean? 

• SIAMESE (noun)
  The noun SIAMESE has 4 senses:

1. a branch of the Tai languages

2. a native or inhabitant of Thailand

3. an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building

4. a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip

  Familiarity information: SIAMESE used as a noun is uncommon.

• SIAMESE (adjective)
  The adjective SIAMESE has 3 senses:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people

2. of or relating to the languages of the Thai people

3. of or relating to Thailand

  Familiarity information: SIAMESE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIAMESE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the Tai languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Central Thai; Siamese; Thai

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

Tai (the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages)

Derivation:

Siamese (of or relating to the languages of the Thai people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Thailand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Siamese; Tai; Thai

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

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Holonyms ("Siamese" is a member of...):

Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)

Derivation:

Siamese (of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

siamese; siamese connection

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

inlet; intake (an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container)

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

sprinkler system (a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Siamese; Siamese cat

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

domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Siamese"):

blue point Siamese (Siamese cat having a bluish cream-colored body and dark grey points)

• SIAMESE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Siamese; Tai; Thai

Context example:

different Thai tribes live in the north

Pertainym:

Siamese (a native or inhabitant of Thailand)

Derivation:

Siamese (a native or inhabitant of Thailand)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the languages of the Thai people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Siamese; Tai; Thai

Context example:

Thai tones

Pertainym:

Thai (a branch of the Tai languages)

Derivation:

Siamese (a branch of the Tai languages)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of or relating to Thailand

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Siamese; Tai; Thai

Context example:

the Thai border with Laos

Pertainym:

Siam (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)

 Context examples 

“Siamese breed, sir. Now, little elephant!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)