Dictionary entry details
• SITE (noun)
Meaning:
The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
land site; site
Context example:
a good site for the school
Hypernyms ("site" is a kind of...):
parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "site"):
ground zero (the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed)
launching site (a place for launching pads)
monument (an important site that is marked and preserved as public property)
premises (land and the buildings on it)
rough (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short)
tee; teeing ground (the starting place for each hole on a golf course)
Superfund site; toxic site; toxic waste area (a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up)
green; putting green (an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course)
fairway (the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short)
dump; dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard (a piece of land where waste materials are dumped)
archeological site; dig; excavation (the site of an archeological exploration)
burial ground; burial site; burying ground; cemetery; graveyard; memorial park; necropolis (a tract of land used for burials)
bivouac; campground; camping area; camping ground; camping site; campsite; encampment (a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent)
bomb site (an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs)
apron ((golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green)
camp; summer camp (a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months)
Instance hyponyms:
Lateran (the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace)
Meaning:
Physical position in relation to the surroundings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
site; situation
Context example:
the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides
Hypernyms ("site" is a kind of...):
place; position (the particular portion of space occupied by something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "site"):
antigenic determinant; determinant; epitope (the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself)
restriction site (the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA)
locus of infection (the specific site in the body where an infection originates)
locus (the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome)
close quarters (a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something)
active site (the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs)
Meaning:
A computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
internet site; web site; website; site
Context example:
the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers
Hypernyms ("site" is a kind of...):
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "site"):
chat room; chatroom (a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic))
portal; portal site (a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet)
• SITE (verb)
Meaning:
Assign a location to
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
site; locate; place
Context example:
The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles
Hypernyms (to "site" is one way to...):
base; place; post; send; station (assign to a station)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
