prop
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 support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- prop derivation
Sense 2 verb
support by placing against something solid or rigid
shore and buttress an old building
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- shoring up derivation
- prop derivation
- shoring derivation
Sense 3 noun
any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
before every scene he ran down his checklist of props
Types & categories
- object hypernym
- custard pie hyponym
Parts & wholes
- mise en scene part holonym
Sense 4 noun
a propeller that rotates to push against air
Types & categories
- propeller hypernym
Parts & wholes
- propeller plane part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prop |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pitprop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoring up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoring |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bolster |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | mise en scene |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | custard pie |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | propeller plane |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | propeller |