Dictionary entry details
• JERSEY (noun)
Meaning:
A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Garden State; Jersey; New Jersey; NJ
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Jersey"):
Ellis Island (an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States)
Cape May (a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean)
Princeton (a university town in central New Jersey)
Paterson (a city of northeastern New Jersey)
New Brunswick (a university town in central New Jersey)
Newark (the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey)
Morristown (a town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters)
Jersey City (a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan))
Camden (a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Pittsburgh)
Bayonne (a city in northeastern New Jersey)
capital of New Jersey; Trenton (capital of the state of New Jersey; located in western New Jersey on the Delaware river)
Atlantic City (a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center)
Delaware Bay (an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River)
Domain member region:
Battle of Monmouth; Battle of Monmouth Court House; Monmouth Court House (a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces)
Holonyms ("Jersey" is a part of...):
Mid-Atlantic states (a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland)
Meaning:
The largest of the Channel Islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
island of Jersey; Jersey
Hypernyms ("Jersey" is a kind of...):
Channel Island (any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France)
Meaning:
A close-fitting pullover shirt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
T-shirt; tee shirt; jersey
Hypernyms ("jersey" is a kind of...):
shirt (a garment worn on the upper half of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jersey"):
polo-neck; turtleneck (a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar)
Meaning:
A slightly elastic machine-knit fabric
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("jersey" is a kind of...):
knit; knitted fabric (a fabric made by knitting)
Meaning:
A breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Jersey" is a kind of...):
dairy cattle; dairy cow; milch cow; milcher; milk cow; milker (cattle that are reared for their milk)
