casing
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
the housing or outer covering of something
the clock has a walnut case
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- grandfather clock part holonym
Related & opposite
- encase derivation
Sense 2 noun
the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire
Types & categories
- covering hypernym
Parts & wholes
- pneumatic tire part holonym
Sense 3 noun
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced
Types & categories
- framework hypernym
Parts & wholes
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | encase |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | grandfather clock |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | housing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | boot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gearbox |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jacket |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | pneumatic tire |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | doorway |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | window |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | framework |