cylinder
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cylindrical derivation
Sense 2 noun
a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
Types & categories
- round shape hypernym
- brake drum hyponym
- shank hyponym
- shank hyponym
- stem hyponym
- stalactite hyponym
- stalagmite hyponym
- drum hyponym
- tube hyponym
Related & opposite
- cylindrical derivation
Sense 3 noun
a chamber within which piston moves
Types & categories
- chamber hypernym
- brake cylinder hyponym
Parts & wholes
- compressor part holonym
- engine block part holonym
- pump part holonym
- intake valve part meronym
Sense 4 noun
a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
Types & categories
- container hypernym
Parts & wholes
- aqualung part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cylindrical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | solid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roll |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roller |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cylindrical |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | round shape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brake drum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shank |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shank |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stem |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stalactite |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stalagmite |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tube |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | compressor |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | engine block |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | pump |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | intake valve |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chamber |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | brake cylinder |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | aqualung |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | container |