chicken
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the flesh of a chicken used for food
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- Gallus gallus part holonym
- white meat part meronym
- chicken wing part meronym
Sense 2 adjective
easily frightened
Related & opposite
- crybaby derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
- cowardly similar to
Sense 3 noun
a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
Types & categories
- domestic fowl hypernym
- chick hyponym
- rooster hyponym
- capon hyponym
- hen hyponym
- spring chicken hyponym
- Rhode Island red hyponym
- Dominique hyponym
- Orpington hyponym
Parts & wholes
- chicken part meronym
Sense 4 noun
a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
Types & categories
- doormat hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
Types & categories
- contest hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Gallus gallus |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | white meat |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chicken wing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | poultry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | broiler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | capon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pullet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roaster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spatchcock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crybaby |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cowardly |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chicken |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | domestic fowl |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chick |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rooster |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | capon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hen |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spring chicken |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Rhode Island red |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Dominique |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Orpington |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chicken |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wimpish |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | doormat |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | contest |