English noun: Chicago |
1. | Chicago (location) largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan |
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| Synonyms | Windy City |
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| Instance hypernym | city, metropolis, port, urban center |
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| Part holonym | Sears Tower, University of Chicago |
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| Part meronym | IL, Illinois, Land of Lincoln, Prairie State |
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2. | Chicago (act) a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card |
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| Synonyms | boodle, Michigan, Newmarket, stops |
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| Broader (hypernym) | card game, cards |
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