butt
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
thick end of the handle
Types & categories
- stock hypernym
- rifle butt hyponym
Sense 2 verb
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Canada adjoins the U.S.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- butt joint derivation
- edging derivation
- border derivation
- borderland derivation
- edge derivation
- abutment derivation
- abutter derivation
- bound derivation
Sense 3 noun
the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Sense 4 verb
to strike, thrust or shove against
He butted his sister out of the way
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a victim of ridicule or pranks
Types & categories
- dupe hypernym
- April fool hyponym
Related & opposite
- stooge derivation
Sense 6 verb
place end to end without overlapping
The frames must be butted at the joints
Types & categories
- put hypernym
Related & opposite
- butt joint derivation
Sense 7 noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
he deserves a good kick in the butt
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- torso part holonym
Related & opposite
- posterior derivation
Sense 8 noun
sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
Types & categories
- sports equipment hypernym
- clay pigeon hyponym
Sense 9 noun
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
Types & categories
- roll of tobacco hypernym
- cubeb cigarette hyponym
- filter-tipped cigarette hyponym
- marijuana cigarette hyponym
Parts & wholes
- cigarette butt part meronym
Sense 10 noun
a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
Types & categories
- joint hypernym
- butt weld hyponym
- fish joint hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 11 noun
a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
Types & categories
- barrel hypernym
- water butt hyponym
Sense 12 noun
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Types & categories
- part hypernym
- cigar butt hyponym
- cigarette butt hyponym
- roach hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rifle butt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt joint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | edging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | borderland |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abutment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | abutter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bound |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | neighbor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | bump into |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | butter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | headbutt |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | stooge |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dupe |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | April fool |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt joint |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | posterior |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | torso |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | sports equipment |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | clay pigeon |
| 9 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cigarette butt |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | roll of tobacco |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | cubeb cigarette |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | filter-tipped cigarette |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | marijuana cigarette |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | joint |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | butt weld |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | fish joint |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | barrel |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | water butt |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | cigar butt |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | cigarette butt |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | roach |