building block
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
units of nucleic acids
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- part part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a block of material used in construction work
Types & categories
- building material hypernym
- ashlar hyponym
- cinder block hyponym
- headstone hyponym
- voussoir hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | part |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemical chain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | couple |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unit cell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | radical |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | molecule |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | building material |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ashlar |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cinder block |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | headstone |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | voussoir |