sconce
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 shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
Types & categories
Sense 2 noun
a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
Types & categories
- light source hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
Types & categories
- wall bracket hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shelter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shelter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | earthwork |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fortress |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | light source |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | wall bracket |