shoestring
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 lace used for fastening shoes
Types & categories
- lace hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 noun
a small amount of money
he managed it on a shoestring
Types & categories
- small indefinite quantity hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | shoe |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | aglet |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lace |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | small indefinite quantity |