COVENTRY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • an industrial city in central England
    • devastated by air raids during World War II
    • remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
    Hypernyms(s) Coventry is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the association should get rid of its elderly members–not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
    Hypernyms(s) Coventry is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)