buttonhole
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 hole through which buttons are pushed
Types & categories
- hole hypernym
Parts & wholes
- garment part holonym
Sense 2 verb
detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Types & categories
- solicit hypernym
Related & opposite
- pressure group derivation
- lobbyist derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | garment |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hole |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pressure group |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lobbyist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | solicit |