tammuz

English Thesaurus

1. Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	semitic deity,
definition	:	a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites (noun.person)

2. the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July) (noun.time)

hypernym	:	jewish calendar month,
definition	:	a month in the Jewish calendar (noun.time)

part meronym	:	hebrew calendar, jewish calendar,
definition	:	(Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years (noun.time)