autoclave
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
Types & categories
- vessel hypernym
- digester hyponym
- pressure cooker hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
subject to the action of an autoclave
Types & categories
- sterilize hypernym
Related & opposite
- autoclave derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sterilize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | autoclave |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | vessel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | digester |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pressure cooker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | autoclave |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sterilize |