VESTA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
   Hypernyms(s) Vesta is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • asteroid (what does asteroid mean?)
   • minor planet (what does minor planet mean?)
   • planetoid (what does planetoid mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins
   • counterpart of Greek Hestia
   Hypernyms(s) Vesta is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • Roman deity (what does Roman deity mean?)