battery
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
Types & categories
- artillery unit hypernym
Related & opposite
- military domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
Types & categories
- electrical device hypernym
- A battery hyponym
- B battery hyponym
- C battery hyponym
- voltaic battery hyponym
- voltaic pile hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 3 noun
a collection of related things intended for use together
took a battery of achievement tests
Types & categories
- collection hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 4 noun
a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
Types & categories
- team hypernym
Parts & wholes
- baseball team part holonym
Sense 5 noun
a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
Types & categories
- stamp mill hypernym
Parts & wholes
- pestle part meronym
Sense 6 noun
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
Types & categories
- firing hypernym
Related & opposite
- shell derivation
Sense 7 noun
an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
Types & categories
- assault hypernym
- resisting arrest hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | artillery unit |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | electrode |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | terminal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical device |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | A battery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | B battery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | C battery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | voltaic battery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | voltaic pile |
| 3 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | sub-test |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | artillery |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | collection |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | baseball team |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | team |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pestle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | stamp mill |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shell |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | firing |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | assault |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | resisting arrest |