albatross
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
she was an albatross around his neck
Types & categories
- hindrance hypernym
Sense 2 noun
large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
Types & categories
- pelagic bird hypernym
- wandering albatross hyponym
- black-footed albatross hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Diomedeidae member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hindrance |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Diomedeidae |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pelagic bird |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wandering albatross |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | black-footed albatross |