engine
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
Types & categories
- motor hypernym
- aircraft engine hyponym
- automobile engine hyponym
- auxiliary engine hyponym
- generator hyponym
- heat engine hyponym
- reaction-propulsion engine hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- locomotive engineer derivation
Sense 2 noun
something used to achieve a purpose
an engine of change
Types & categories
- causal agent hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
Types & categories
- self-propelled vehicle hypernym
- choo-choo hyponym
- diesel locomotive hyponym
- dinky hyponym
- electric locomotive hyponym
- iron horse hyponym
- pilot engine hyponym
- shunter hyponym
- steam locomotive hyponym
- donkey engine hyponym
- tank engine hyponym
- traction engine hyponym
Parts & wholes
- train member holonym
- cowcatcher part meronym
- footplate part meronym
Related & opposite
- locomotive engineer derivation
Sense 4 noun
an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
medieval engines of war
Types & categories
- instrument hypernym
- battering ram hyponym
- onager hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | locomotive engineer |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | camshaft |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gearing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aircraft engine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | automobile engine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | auxiliary engine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | generator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heat engine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reaction-propulsion engine |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | causal agent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | locomotive engineer |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | train |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cowcatcher |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | footplate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | self-propelled vehicle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | choo-choo |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | diesel locomotive |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dinky |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | electric locomotive |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | iron horse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pilot engine |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shunter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | steam locomotive |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | donkey engine |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tank engine |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | traction engine |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | instrument |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | battering ram |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | onager |