rib
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
support resembling the rib of an animal
Types & categories
- support hypernym
- screw thread hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
form vertical ribs by knitting
A ribbed sweater
Types & categories
- knit hypernym
Related & opposite
- handicraft domain topic
Sense 3 noun
any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- vertebrate part holonym
- costal cartilage part meronym
Related & opposite
- costal derivation
- vertebrate domain topic
Sense 4 verb
subject to laughter or ridicule
The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
cut of meat including one or more ribs
Types & categories
- cut of meat hypernym
- sparerib hyponym
Parts & wholes
- rib roast part meronym
Sense 6 noun
a teasing remark
Types & categories
- remark hypernym
Related & opposite
- ridicule derivation
Sense 7 noun
a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
Types & categories
- anatomical structure hypernym
- quill hyponym
- nervure hyponym
Sense 8 noun
a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
Types & categories
- moulding hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hull |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | umbrella |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | wing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | screw thread |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | handicraft |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | knit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | costal |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | vertebrate |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | vertebrate |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | costal cartilage |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bone |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | true rib |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | teasing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | derision |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | knock |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ridicule |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rib |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | satirist |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mock |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tease |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lampoon |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | debunk |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stultify |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rib roast |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut of meat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sparerib |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ridicule |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | remark |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | anatomical structure |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | quill |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | nervure |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | moulding |