binding
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the capacity to attract and hold something
Types & categories
- attractiveness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
executed with proper legal authority
a binding contract
Related & opposite
- valid similar to
Sense 3 noun
strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
Types & categories
- stitchery hypernym
Related & opposite
- bind derivation
Sense 4 noun
the act of applying a bandage
Types & categories
- medical care hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall
Types & categories
- mechanical device hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
the book had a leather binding
Types & categories
- protective covering hypernym
- half binding hyponym
- three-quarter binding hyponym
Parts & wholes
- book part holonym
Related & opposite
- back derivation
- spread over derivation
- cover derivation
- bind derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bind |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bond |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | attractiveness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | valid |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bind |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stitchery |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bandage |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | medical care |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanical device |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | back |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread over |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cover |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bind |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | book |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | protective covering |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | half binding |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | three-quarter binding |