gaff
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
a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock
Types & categories
- spike hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
Types & categories
- spar hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sailing vessel part holonym
Sense 3 noun
an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
Types & categories
- hook hypernym
Parts & wholes
- fishing gear member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spike |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sailing vessel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spar |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | fishing gear |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hook |