noun
1. Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
• Syn: ↑Lawrence, ↑Saint Lawrence, ↑Laurentius
• Topics: ↑Christianity, ↑Christian religion
2. a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic
• Syn: ↑Saint Lawrence, ↑Saint Lawrence River, ↑St. Lawrence River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Canada
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1. a river in SE Canada, flowing NE from Lake Ontario, forming part of the boundary between New York and Ontario, and emptying into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 760 mi. (1225 km) long.
2. Gulf of, an arm of the Atlantic between SE Canada and Newfoundland.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.