kernel
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
the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell
Types & categories
- plant part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- seed part holonym
Sense 2 noun
a single whole grain of a cereal
a kernel of corn
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the gist of the prosecutor's argument
Types & categories
- cognitive content hypernym
- bare bones hyponym
- hypostasis hyponym
- haecceity hyponym
- quintessence hyponym
- stuff hyponym
Related & opposite
- summate derivation
- pithy derivation
- all-importanta derivation
- cardinal derivation
- meaty derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | seed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant part |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | caryopsis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | corn |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | summate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pithy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | all-importanta |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cardinal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | meaty |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive content |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bare bones |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypostasis |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | haecceity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quintessence |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuff |