Big Dipper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart, and a part of the constellation Ursa Major which includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. The other stars comprising it are Alioth, Megrez, Merak, and Phecda.

noun

/ˈbɪɡ ˈdɪpə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Big Dipper.wav /ˈbɪɡ ˈdɪpɚ/

Big Dipper the Big Dipper big dippers

Probably from the name given to some rides, such as the Black Pool Big Dipper (1923).

Charles' Wain Drinking Gourd Northern Ladle Northern Waggoner Plough Wain Wagon Great Wagon Bandwagon Saptarishi Saucepan triones

Little Dipper septentrion Ursa Major Ursa Minor

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