English noun: Boyle | |||
1. | Boyle (person) United States writer (1902-1992) | ||
Synonyms | Kay Boyle | ||
Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
2. | Boyle (person) Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691) | ||
Synonyms | Robert Boyle | ||
Instance hypernym | chemist | ||