ear
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
Types & categories
- sense organ hypernym
Parts & wholes
- auditory system part holonym
- vestibular apparatus part holonym
- head part holonym
- vestibule of the ear part meronym
- eardrum part meronym
- organ of hearing part meronym
- fenestra part meronym
- auricular artery part meronym
Sense 2 noun
good hearing
he had a keen ear
Types & categories
- audition hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
Types & categories
- cartilaginous structure hypernym
- cauliflower ear hyponym
Parts & wholes
- external ear part holonym
- earlobe part meronym
- tragus part meronym
Related & opposite
- auriculate derivation
- auricular derivation
Sense 4 noun
attention to what is said
he tried to get her ear
Types & categories
- attention hypernym
Sense 5 noun
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- corn part holonym
Related & opposite
- spike out derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | auditory system |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | vestibular apparatus |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | head |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | vestibule of the ear |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | eardrum |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | organ of hearing |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fenestra |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | auricular artery |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sense organ |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | audition |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | auriculate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | auricular |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | external ear |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | earlobe |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tragus |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cartilaginous structure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cauliflower ear |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attention |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spike out |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | corn |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fruit |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mealie |