can
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
airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- can derivation
Sense 2 verb
preserve in a can or tin
tinned foods are not very tasty
Types & categories
- preserve hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the quantity contained in a can
Types & categories
- containerful hypernym
Sense 4 verb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The boss fired his secretary today
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
- retire hyponym
- pension off hyponym
- clean out hyponym
- furlough hyponym
- squeeze out hyponym
- send away hyponym
Related & opposite
- hire antonym
- dismission derivation
- dismissible derivation
Sense 5 noun
a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
Types & categories
- buoy hypernym
Sense 6 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 7 noun
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Types & categories
- plumbing fixture hypernym
- flushless toilet hyponym
- flush toilet hyponym
- potty seat hyponym
Parts & wholes
- bathroom part holonym
- toilet part holonym
- toilet bowl part meronym
- toilet seat part meronym
Related & opposite
- crap derivation
Sense 8 noun
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
Types & categories
- room hypernym
- head hyponym
- public toilet hyponym
- washroom hyponym
- water closet hyponym
Parts & wholes
- potty part meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | can |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | container |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beer can |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | caddy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cannikin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coffee can |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | milk can |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oilcan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soda can |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | can |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cannister |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cannery |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | preserve |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | containerful |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | hire |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismission |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismissible |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pension off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | squeeze out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | send away |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | buoy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | posterior |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | torso |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | crap |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bathroom |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | toilet |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | toilet bowl |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | toilet seat |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | plumbing fixture |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | flushless toilet |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | flush toilet |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | potty seat |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | potty |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | room |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | head |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | public toilet |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | washroom |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | water closet |