dial
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
Types & categories
- face hypernym
Parts & wholes
- timepiece part holonym
Sense 2 verb
operate a dial to select a telephone number
You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial
Types & categories
- control hypernym
Related & opposite
- telephone dial derivation
- telephony domain topic
Sense 3 noun
the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning
Types & categories
- controller hypernym
Sense 4 verb
choose by means of a dial
dial a telephone number
Types & categories
- choose hypernym
Related & opposite
- telephone dial derivation
Sense 5 noun
the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
Types & categories
- indicator hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
Types & categories
- selector switch hypernym
Parts & wholes
- dial telephone part holonym
- finger hole part meronym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | timepiece |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | face |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | telephone dial |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | telephony |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | controller |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | telephone dial |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | choose |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | indicator |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dial |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dial |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | dial telephone |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | finger hole |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | selector switch |