1. United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825); [syn: Whitney, Eli Whitney]
2. the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high); [syn: Whitney, Mount Whitney]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Whitney
n 1: United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin
(1765-1825) [syn: Whitney, Eli Whitney]
2: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California
(14,494 feet high) [syn: Whitney, Mount Whitney]