refractory
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
Types & categories
- lining hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 adjective
not responding to treatment
a stubborn infection
Related & opposite
- refractoriness derivation
- stubbornness derivation
- medicine domain topic
- intractable similar to
Sense 3 adjective
temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli
the refractory period of a muscle fiber
Related & opposite
- unresponsive similar to
Sense 4 adjective
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
Related & opposite
- refractoriness derivation
- unruliness derivation
- disobedient similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | fireclay |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | alumina |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lining |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | refractoriness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stubbornness |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | intractable |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unresponsive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | refractoriness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unruliness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | disobedient |