buffet
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- dining room part holonym
- drawer part meronym
- shelf part meronym
Sense 2 verb
strike against forcefully
Winds buffeted the tent
Types & categories
- strike hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
Types & categories
- meal hypernym
- smorgasbord hyponym
Sense 4 verb
strike, beat repeatedly
The wind buffeted him
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Sense 5 noun
usually inexpensive bar
Types & categories
- bar hypernym
- commissary hyponym
- milk bar hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | dining room |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | drawer |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | shelf |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | furniture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | credenza |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | minibar |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | meal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | smorgasbord |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | bar |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | commissary |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | milk bar |