Brown
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
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
Types & categories
- botanist instance hypernym
Sense 2 noun
abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
Types & categories
- abolitionist instance hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a university in Rhode Island
Types & categories
- university instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Ivy League member holonym
- Rhode Island part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | botanist |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | abolitionist |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Ivy League |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Rhode Island |
| 3 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | university |