basketball
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
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
Types & categories
- court game hypernym
- professional basketball hyponym
Parts & wholes
- basketball shot part meronym
- rebound part meronym
- tap-off part meronym
- basketball play part meronym
- half part meronym
Related & opposite
- jump shot has domain topic
- jump ball has domain topic
- fast break has domain topic
- dribbling has domain topic
- double dribble has domain topic
- assist has domain topic
- technical foul has domain topic
- backboard has domain topic
- basketball court has domain topic
- basketball equipment has domain topic
- home court has domain topic
- rim has domain topic
- paint has domain topic
- center has domain topic
- hack has domain topic
- dunk has domain topic
- slam-dunk has domain topic
- ball-hawking has domain topic
Sense 2 noun
an inflated ball used in playing basketball
Types & categories
- ball hypernym
- basketball equipment hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | jump shot |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | jump ball |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | fast break |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | dribbling |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | double dribble |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | assist |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | technical foul |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | backboard |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | basketball court |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | basketball equipment |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | home court |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | rim |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | paint |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | center |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | hack |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | dunk |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | slam-dunk |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | ball-hawking |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | basketball shot |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rebound |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tap-off |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | basketball play |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | half |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | court game |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | professional basketball |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ball |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | basketball equipment |