crown of thorns
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any affliction that causes great suffering
that is his cross to bear
Types & categories
- affliction hypernym
Related & opposite
- thwart derivation
Sense 2 noun
somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
Types & categories
- spurge hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Euphorbia member holonym
Sense 3 noun
a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion
Types & categories
- crown hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwart |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | affliction |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Euphorbia |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spurge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | crown |