VERMONT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vermont mean? 

• VERMONT (noun)
  The noun VERMONT has 1 sense:

1. a state in New England

  Familiarity information: VERMONT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERMONT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in New England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Green Mountain State; Vermont; VT; Vt.

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Vermont"):

capital of Vermont; Montpelier (capital of the state of Vermont; located in north central Vermont)

Bennington (a town in southwestern Vermont)

Brattleboro (a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River)

Burlington (the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont)

Rutland (a town in central Vermont)

Green Mountains (a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont)

Champlain; Lake Champlain (a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812)

Taconic Mountains (a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont)

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

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

New England (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut)

 Context examples 

The study conducted at the University of Vermont and Yale University found that obese children had a thinner prefrontal cortex than children of normal weight.

(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A census division of the United States consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

(New England Census Division, NCI Thesaurus)

A census region of the United States consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

(Northeastern United States Census Region, NCI Thesaurus)

Jennifer Laurent, an associate professor in the Department of Nursing at the University of Vermont said: Our results show an important connection; that kids with higher BMI tend to have a thinner cerebral cortex, especially in the prefrontal area.

(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)