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STEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Stein mean?
• STEIN (noun)
The noun STEIN has 2 senses:
1. a mug intended for serving beer
2. experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)
Familiarity information: STEIN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mug intended for serving beer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
beer mug; stein
Hypernyms ("stein" is a kind of...):
mug (with handle and usually cylindrical)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gertrude Stein; Stein
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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