name
Meaning 1
A surname transferred from the given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
lowry
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹi/
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General-American: /ˈlɑɹi/
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CMU ARPABET: L AW1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city and town in Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A town in South Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
An open boxcar used on railroads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
Meaning 5
English novelist (1909-1957)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Malcolm Lowry, Clarence Malcolm Lowry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
noun
Meaning 6
English painter (1887-1976)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: L. S. Lowry, Laurence Stephen Lowry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: painter
History
Etymology
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Labhradha. See Lavery and compare McClory. * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Laury, Lawrie. Also compare Lowery.
Related to lorry.
Real reading context