briny
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any very large body of (salt) water
Types & categories
- body of water hypernym
Parts & wholes
- hydrosphere part holonym
- high sea part meronym
- offing part meronym
- territorial waters part meronym
Related & opposite
- briny derivation
Sense 2 adjective
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
a brackish lagoon
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | briny |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hydrosphere |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | high sea |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | offing |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | territorial waters |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body of water |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brininess |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brackishness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | main |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brine |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | salty |