rudder
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 hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes
Types & categories
- airfoil hypernym
Parts & wholes
- vertical tail part holonym
Sense 2 noun
(nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel
Types & categories
- steering system hypernym
Parts & wholes
- vessel part holonym
- rudder blade part meronym
- rudderpost part meronym
- tiller part meronym
Related & opposite
- sailing domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | vertical tail |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | airfoil |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sailing |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | vessel |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rudder blade |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rudderpost |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tiller |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | steering system |