PLYMOUTH ROCK
Dictionary entry overview: What does Plymouth Rock mean? • PLYMOUTH ROCK (noun)
The noun PLYMOUTH ROCK has 2 senses:
1. a boulder in Plymouth supposed to be where the Pilgrims disembarked from the Mayflower
2. an American breed of domestic fowl
Familiarity information: PLYMOUTH ROCK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLYMOUTH ROCK (noun)
Meaning:
A boulder in Plymouth supposed to be where the Pilgrims disembarked from the Mayflower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
boulder; bowlder (a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin)
Holonyms ("Plymouth Rock" is a part of...):
Plymouth (a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620)
Meaning:
An American breed of domestic fowl
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Plymouth Rock" is a kind of...):
domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)
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