face-off
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hostile disagreement face-to-face
Types & categories
- disagreement hypernym
Related & opposite
- confront derivation
- confrontational derivation
Sense 2 noun
(ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players
Types & categories
- commencement hypernym
Parts & wholes
- ice hockey part holonym
Related & opposite
- face off derivation
- ice hockey domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | confront |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | confrontational |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disagreement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | face off |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | ice hockey |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ice hockey |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | commencement |