Associations to the word «Cornell»

Wiktionary

CORNELL, proper noun. A surname​.
CORNELL, proper noun. Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries
CORNELL NOTES, noun. A note-taking method where a sheet of paper is divided into three sections: one for questions (taking a left half of the sheet), one for notes related to the question (taking a right half), and one for a summary of the page (taking up a bottom section).
CORNELL NOTES, noun. Notes taken using this method.

Dictionary definition

CORNELL, noun. United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974).
CORNELL, noun. United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874).

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