fomentation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice
Types & categories
- substance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- compress substance holonym
Sense 2 noun
application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation
Types & categories
- treatment hypernym
Related & opposite
- foment derivation
Sense 3 noun
deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
Types & categories
- trigger hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | compress |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | substance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | foment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | treatment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | foment |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | trigger |