English noun: Atlas | |||
1. | Atlas (person) (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders | ||
Instance hypernym | Titan | ||
Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
2. | atlas (communication) a collection of maps in book form | ||
Synonyms | book of maps, map collection | ||
Broader (hypernym) | book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dialect atlas, linguistic atlas | ||
Part holonym | gazetteer | ||
3. | atlas (body) the 1st cervical vertebra | ||
Synonyms | atlas vertebra | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cervical vertebra, neck bone | ||
4. | atlas (artifact) a figure of a man used as a supporting column | ||
Synonyms | telamon | ||
Broader (hypernym) | column, pillar | ||