different between lamppost vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• lamp post

Etymology

From lamp +? post

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??st

Noun

lamppost (plural lampposts)

1. The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight.

   Synonym: lightpost

2. (informal, humorous) A tall, thin person.

   Synonym: beanpole

   • 1985, Vladimir Kornilov, Girls to the Front (page 4)

     You big skinny lamppost. And you're going grey!

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References

• (tall person): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary (as "lamp-post")

Anagrams

• palmtops

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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