perforation
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place
Types & categories
- hole hypernym
Related & opposite
- perforate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a hole made in something
a perforation of the eardrum
Types & categories
- hole hypernym
Related & opposite
- penetrate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation)
Types & categories
- puncture hypernym
Related & opposite
- perforate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perforate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hole |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | penetrate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hole |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | perforate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | puncture |