TUILERIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tuileries mean? 

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

1. palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens

2. formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris

  Familiarity information: TUILERIES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUILERIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Tuileries; Tuileries Palace

Instance hypernyms:

palace (official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign))

Holonyms ("Tuileries" 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:

Formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Tuileries; Tuileries Gardens

Instance hypernyms:

formal garden (a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs)

Holonyms ("Tuileries" 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)

 Context examples 

We often walk in the Tuileries Gardens, for they are lovely, though the antique Luxembourg Gardens suit me better.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)