WIENER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wiener mean? 

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

1. United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964)

2. a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

  Familiarity information: WIENER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIENER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Norbert Wiener; Wiener

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

dog; frank; frankfurter; hot dog; hotdog; weenie; wiener; wienerwurst

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

sausage (highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings)

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

Vienna sausage (short slender frankfurter usually with ends cut off)

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

hot dog; hotdog; red hot (a frankfurter served hot on a bun)