NOUN | object | Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon | a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major |
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artifact | big dipper, roller coaster, chute-the-chute | elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines) |
Meaning | A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. | |
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Synonyms | Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon | |
Instance of | asterism | (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation) |
Part of | Great Bear, Ursa Major | A constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star |
Spanish | arado, Ursa Major | |
Catalan | UMa, Ursa Major |
Meaning | elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines). | |
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Synonyms | roller coaster, chute-the-chute | |
Narrower | hypercoaster | A roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally / originally designed to launch rockets |
Broader | elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated, el, overhead railway | A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
ride | A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement | |
Spanish | montaña rusa | |
Catalan | muntanyes russes |
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