backstairs
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
a second staircase at the rear of a building
Types & categories
- stairway hypernym
Related & opposite
- plural domain usage
Sense 2 adjective
secret and sly or sordid
backstairs gossip
Related & opposite
- furtiveness derivation
- covert similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stairway |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | furtiveness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | covert |