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 | ||