alder
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
Types & categories
- wood hypernym
Parts & wholes
- alder tree substance holonym
Sense 2 noun
north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
Types & categories
- tree hypernym
- common alder hyponym
- grey alder hyponym
- seaside alder hyponym
- white alder hyponym
- red alder hyponym
- speckled alder hyponym
- smooth alder hyponym
- Alnus veridis hyponym
- green alder hyponym
Parts & wholes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | alder tree |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wood |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Alnus |
| 2 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | alder |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tree |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | common alder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grey alder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seaside alder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | white alder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | red alder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | speckled alder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | smooth alder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Alnus veridis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | green alder |