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SOMERSET

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Somerset mean?

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

1. a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
2. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Familiarity information: SOMERSET used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SOMERSET (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

county (a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)

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

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flip; somersault; somersaulting; summersault; summerset; somerset

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

tumble (an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "somerset"):

flip-flop (a backward somersault)

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