asteroid
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
Types & categories
- minor planet hypernym
- Chiron hyponym
- Apollo asteroid instance hyponym
- Ceres instance hyponym
- Pallas instance hyponym
- Vesta instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- asteroid derivation
- asteroidal derivation
Sense 2 adjective
shaped like a star
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | asteroid |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | asteroidal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | minor planet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Chiron |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Apollo asteroid |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ceres |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pallas |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Vesta |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | asteroid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | angulate |