Associations to the word «Pittsburgh»

Wiktionary

PITTSBURGH, proper noun. A city in Pennsylvania, USA.
PITTSBURGH COMPOUND B, noun. A radioactive analog of thioflavin T, used in investigational studies of Alzheimer's disease.
PITTSBURGH RARE, adjective. (of a piece of meat) Very well done on the surface and very rare internally.

Dictionary definition

PITTSBURGH, noun. A city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.

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