poultice
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
Types & categories
- medical dressing hypernym
- mustard plaster hyponym
Related & opposite
- poultice derivation
Sense 2 verb
dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
Types & categories
- dress hypernym
Related & opposite
- plastering derivation
- poultice derivation
- practice of medicine domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | poultice |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | medical dressing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mustard plaster |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plastering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | poultice |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | practice of medicine |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dress |