lightning rod
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning
Types & categories
- conductor hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conductor |