noun
1. a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
• Syn: ↑Lake Constance, ↑Bodensee
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑lake
• Part Holonyms: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG
2. the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
• Syn: ↑Council of Constance
• Hypernyms: ↑council
Useful english dictionary. 2012.