Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun newfoundland_dog

1 sense of newfoundland dog

Sense 1
Newfoundland, Newfoundland dog -- (a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland)
       => dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris -- (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night")