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Whitney

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Whitney

1
n
United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
2
n
the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Whitney
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n United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)

Synonyms:
Eli Whitney
Example of:
artificer, discoverer, inventor
someone who is the first to think of or make something
manufacturer, producer
someone who manufactures something
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n the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)

Synonyms:
Mount Whitney
Example of:
mountain peak
the summit of a mountain
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