sewer
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
Types & categories
- drainpipe hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sewage system part holonym
Sense 2 noun
someone who sews
a sewer of fine gowns
Types & categories
- needleworker hypernym
- baster hyponym
- sewing-machine operator hyponym
- tucker hyponym
Related & opposite
- stitch derivation
- tailor-make derivation
Sense 3 noun
misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
his career was in the gutter
Types & categories
- bad luck hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sewage system |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | drainpipe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stitch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tailor-make |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | needleworker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | baster |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sewing-machine operator |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tucker |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bad luck |