envelope
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.
Types & categories
- container hypernym
- window envelope hyponym
Sense 2 noun
any wrapper or covering
Types & categories
- wrapping hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves
Types & categories
- curve hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a natural covering (as by a fluid)
the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet
Types & categories
- covering hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft)
test pilots try to push the envelope
Types & categories
- operating capability hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the bag containing the gas in a balloon
Types & categories
- bag hypernym
Parts & wholes
- balloon part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | container |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | window envelope |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrapping |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | curve |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | operating capability |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | balloon |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | bag |