distaff
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
the sphere of work by women
Types & categories
- arena hypernym
Related & opposite
- distaff derivation
Sense 2 adjective
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
female sensitiveness
Related & opposite
- femaleness derivation
- female person derivation
- distaff derivation
- feminine similar to
Sense 3 noun
the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
Types & categories
- staff hypernym
Parts & wholes
- spinning wheel part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distaff |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | arena |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | femaleness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | female person |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distaff |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | feminine |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | spinning wheel |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | staff |