calf
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
young of domestic cattle
Types & categories
- young mammal hypernym
- dogie hyponym
- maverick hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 noun
the muscular back part of the shank
Types & categories
- skeletal muscle hypernym
- mid-calf hyponym
Parts & wholes
- shank part holonym
- gastrocnemius part meronym
- soleus part meronym
- Achilles tendon part meronym
Sense 3 noun
fine leather from the skin of a calf
Types & categories
Sense 4 noun
young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
Types & categories
- young mammal hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | cattle |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | veal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | young mammal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogie |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | maverick |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | shank |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gastrocnemius |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | soleus |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Achilles tendon |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | skeletal muscle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mid-calf |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | leather |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | box calf |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | young mammal |