RHINE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhine mean? 

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

1. United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)
2. a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea

  Familiarity information: RHINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHINE (noun)

Meaning:

United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

J. B. Rhine; Joseph Banks Rhine; Rhine

Instance hypernyms:

parapsychologist (someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance)

Meaning:

A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Rhein; Rhine River; Rhine

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

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

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)

Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)