cowl
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
protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars
Types & categories
- protective covering hypernym
Parts & wholes
- airplane part holonym
- car part holonym
- hood ornament part meronym
Related & opposite
- cowl derivation
Sense 2 verb
cover with or as with a cowl
cowl the boys and veil the girls
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
Types & categories
- hood hypernym
Related & opposite
- cowl derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cowl |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | airplane |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | car |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hood ornament |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | protective covering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cowl |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cowl |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cowl |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hood |