crackle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the sharp sound of snapping noises
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
- decrepitation hyponym
Related & opposite
- crackle derivation
Sense 2 verb
make a crackling sound
My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl
Types & categories
- rattle hypernym
Related & opposite
- crackle derivation
Sense 3 adjective
having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware
a crackle glaze
Related & opposite
- fancy similar to
Sense 4 noun
glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
Types & categories
- china hypernym
Sense 5 verb
make a crushing noise
his shoes were crunching on the gravel
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- crunch derivation
Sense 6 verb
to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
The blazing sun crackled the desert sand
Types & categories
- vary hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crackle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decrepitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crackle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rattle |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | fancy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | china |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crunch |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrunch |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | vary |