isthmus
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 relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
Types & categories
- ground hypernym
- Central America instance hyponym
- Isthmus of Corinth instance hyponym
- Isthmus of Kra instance hyponym
- Isthmus of Panama instance hyponym
- Isthmus of Suez instance hyponym
- Isthmus of Tehuantepec instance hyponym
- Karelian Isthmus instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- isthmian derivation
Sense 2 noun
a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
Types & categories
- tissue hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | isthmian |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ground |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Central America |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Isthmus of Corinth |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Isthmus of Kra |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Isthmus of Panama |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Isthmus of Suez |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Isthmus of Tehuantepec |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Karelian Isthmus |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tissue |