elbow
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
Types & categories
- hinge joint hypernym
Parts & wholes
- arm part holonym
- musculus articularis cubiti part meronym
- funny bone part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
push one's way with the elbows
Types & categories
- shove hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a sharp bend in a road or river
Types & categories
- bend hypernym
Sense 4 verb
shove one's elbow into another person's ribs
Types & categories
- nudge hypernym
Related & opposite
- elbow derivation
Sense 5 noun
a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it
Types & categories
- piping hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint
his coat had patches over the elbows
Types & categories
- cloth covering hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sleeve part holonym
Sense 7 noun
the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
Types & categories
- joint hypernym
Parts & wholes
- foreleg part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elbow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elbow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cubital |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | arm |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | musculus articularis cubiti |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | funny bone |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hinge joint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elbowing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elbow |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shove |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bend |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elbow |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | nudge |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | piping |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sleeve |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | cloth covering |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | foreleg |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | joint |