canton

canton has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. A song or canto
• n.. A small portion; a division; a compartment.
• n.. A small community or clan.
• n.. A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.
• n.. A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.
• v. i.. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
• v. i.. To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
• n.. a small administrative division of a country
• n.. a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
• v.. divide into cantons, of a country
• v.. provide housing for (military personnel)