breastbone
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
Types & categories
- bone hypernym
Parts & wholes
- chest part holonym
- axial skeleton part holonym
- corpus sternum part meronym
- manubrium part meronym
- xiphoid process part meronym
Related & opposite
- sternal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sternal |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chest |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | axial skeleton |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | corpus sternum |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | manubrium |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | xiphoid process |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bone |