hardening
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
Types & categories
- symptom hypernym
- callosity hyponym
- calcification hyponym
Sense 2 noun
the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
the hardening of concrete
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
- congealment hyponym
Parts & wholes
- plastination part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
Types & categories
- change of integrity hypernym
- annealing hyponym
Related & opposite
- harden derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | symptom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | callosity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jell |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | harden |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | solidify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | solidify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cure |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | plastination |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | congealment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | harden |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of integrity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | annealing |