percussion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of playing a percussion instrument
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- percussionist derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of exploding a percussion cap
Types & categories
- detonation hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
Types & categories
- section hypernym
Related & opposite
- percussionist derivation
Sense 4 noun
tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
Types & categories
- auscultation hypernym
Related & opposite
- percuss derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | percussionist |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | music |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drumming |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | detonation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | percussionist |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | section |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | percuss |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | auscultation |