egg
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
throw eggs at
Types & categories
- pelt hypernym
Related & opposite
- eggs derivation
Sense 3 noun
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
Types & categories
- food product hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
coat with beaten egg
egg a schnitzel
Types & categories
- coat hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
she kicked him in the balls and got away
Types & categories
- gonad hypernym
- male reproductive gland hypernym
- cobblers hyponym
- undescended testis hyponym
Parts & wholes
- male reproductive system part holonym
- male genitalia part holonym
- testicular artery part meronym
- testicular vein part meronym
- seminiferous tubule part meronym
- epididymis part meronym
- rete testis part meronym
- vas deferens part meronym
- spermatic cord part meronym
Related & opposite
- testicular derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chalaza |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | vitellus |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ovum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spawn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silkworm seed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | eggs |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pelt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | egg |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | egg |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | egg white |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | yolk |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | eggshell |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | protein |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | food product |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | eggs |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | coat |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | testicular |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | male reproductive system |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | male genitalia |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | testicular artery |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | testicular vein |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | seminiferous tubule |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | epididymis |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rete testis |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | vas deferens |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spermatic cord |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | gonad |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | male reproductive gland |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cobblers |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | undescended testis |