limb
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- appendicular skeleton part holonym
- stump part meronym
- extremity part meronym
Sense 2 noun
any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- tree part holonym
Sense 3 noun
(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
Types & categories
- edge hypernym
Related & opposite
- astronomy domain topic
Sense 4 noun
either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
the upper limb of the bow
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- bow part holonym
Sense 5 noun
the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
the limb of the sextant
Types & categories
- arc hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 6 noun
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
the arm of the record player
Types & categories
- projection hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | appendicular skeleton |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stump |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | extremity |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | appendage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hind limb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | forelimb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flipper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leg |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leg |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thigh |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cubitus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | forearm |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | tree |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | branch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stick |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bough |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astronomy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | edge |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bow |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | octant |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sextant |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | arc |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | projection |