fossil
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone whose style is out of fashion
Types & categories
- oldster hypernym
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 2 adjective
characteristic of a fossil
Related & opposite
- fossil pertains to
Sense 3 noun
the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
Types & categories
- remains hypernym
- fucoid hyponym
- belemnite hyponym
- ammonite hyponym
- index fossil hyponym
- microfossil hyponym
- wormcast hyponym
Related & opposite
- paleontologist derivation
- fossilize derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | oldster |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | fossil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | paleontologist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fossilize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | remains |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fucoid |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | belemnite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ammonite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | index fossil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | microfossil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wormcast |