cloister
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
surround with a cloister, as of a garden
Types & categories
- border hypernym
Related & opposite
- cloister derivation
Sense 3 noun
a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
Types & categories
- courtyard hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
surround with a cloister
cloister the garden
Types & categories
- border hypernym
Sense 5 verb
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
She cloistered herself in the office
Types & categories
- isolate hypernym
Related & opposite
- cloister derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cloister |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | monastic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | residence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | convent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monastery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | priory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cloister |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | border |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cloister |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | faith |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | courtyard |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | border |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cloister |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | isolate |