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CARREL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Carrel mean?

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

1. French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
2. small individual study area in a library

Familiarity information: CARREL used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CARREL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alexis Carrel; Carrel

Instance hypernyms:

biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Small individual study area in a library

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carrell; carrel; cubicle; stall

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

alcove; bay (a small recess opening off a larger room)

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

depository library; library (a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study)

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