flank
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the side of military or naval formation
they attacked the enemy's right flank
Types & categories
- formation hypernym
Related & opposite
- military domain topic
Sense 2 verb
be located at the sides of something or somebody
Types & categories
- lie hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a subfigure consisting of a side of something
Types & categories
- subfigure hypernym
- hypotenuse hyponym
- base hyponym
Related & opposite
- flank derivation
Sense 4 noun
a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
Types & categories
- cut of beef hypernym
Parts & wholes
- flank steak part meronym
Sense 5 noun
the side between ribs and hipbone
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- quadruped part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | formation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flanker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flanker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flank |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lie |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flank |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | subfigure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypotenuse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | base |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | flank steak |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut of beef |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | quadruped |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |