silk
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 fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- satiny derivation
Sense 2 noun
animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders
Types & categories
- animal fiber hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | satiny |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fabric |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sarcenet |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal fiber |