snowball
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
Types & categories
- sand verbena hypernym
Sense 2 verb
increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Sense 3 noun
ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
Types & categories
- frozen dessert hypernym
Sense 4 verb
throw snowballs at
Types & categories
- pelt hypernym
Related & opposite
- snowball derivation
Sense 5 noun
ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup
Types & categories
- frozen dessert hypernym
Sense 6 noun
snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)
Types & categories
- ball hypernym
Parts & wholes
- snow substance meronym
Related & opposite
- snowball derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sand verbena |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | frozen dessert |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snowball |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pelt |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | frozen dessert |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | snowball |
| 6 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | snow |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | ball |