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WORLD TRADE CENTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does World Trade Center mean?
• WORLD TRADE CENTER (noun)
The noun WORLD TRADE CENTER has 1 sense:
1. twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
Familiarity information: WORLD TRADE CENTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
twin towers; World Trade Center; WTC
Instance hypernyms:
skyscraper (a very tall building with many stories)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Holonyms ("World Trade Center" is a part of...):
Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)
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