Associations to the word «Catherine»

Wiktionary

CATHERINE, proper noun. A female given name.
CATHERINE WHEEL, noun. A breaking wheel.
CATHERINE WHEEL, noun. (chiefly heraldry) The image of a breaking wheel, or wheel with spikes on it.
CATHERINE WHEEL, noun. A firework that rotates when lit.
CATHERINE WHEEL, noun. (gymnastics) A cartwheel move.
CATHERINE WHEEL, noun. (architecture) A rose window.
CATHERINE WHEELS, noun. Plural of Catherine wheel

Dictionary definition

CATHERINE, noun. First wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536).
CATHERINE, noun. Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats