burl
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
Types & categories
- wood hypernym
Parts & wholes
- burl substance holonym
Sense 2 verb
remove the burls from cloth
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
- slub derivation
Sense 3 noun
a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
Types & categories
- plant process hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 4 noun
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Types & categories
- roughness hypernym
Related & opposite
- burl derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | burl |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wood |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slub |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | tree |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | burl |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant process |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | burl |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | roughness |