carom
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a glancing rebound
Types & categories
- rebound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
rebound after hitting
The car caromed off several lampposts
Types & categories
- bounce hypernym
Related & opposite
- carom derivation
Sense 3 noun
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
Types & categories
- stroke hypernym
Parts & wholes
- billiards part holonym
- pocket billiards part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make a carom
Types & categories
- shoot hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bounce |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | carom |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rebound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | carom |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bounce |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cannon |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | carom |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | billiards |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | pocket billiards |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stroke |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | carom |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | billiards |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shoot |