inch
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 unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- edge derivation
- Great Britain domain region
- United States domain region
Sense 2 verb
advance slowly, as if by inches
He edged towards the car
Types & categories
- advance hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a unit of measurement for advertising space
Types & categories
- area unit hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 1 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 1 | domain region | Related & opposite | United States |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ft |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ligne |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mesh |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mil |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pica em |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | edge in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | advance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | area unit |