escutcheon
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
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
Types & categories
- protective covering hypernym
Sense 2 noun
(nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
Types & categories
- plate hypernym
Parts & wholes
- stern part holonym
Related & opposite
- sailing domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms
Types & categories
- buckler hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | protective covering |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sailing |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | stern |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | buckler |