sorb
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
acid gritty-textured fruit
Types & categories
- edible fruit hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sorb apple part holonym
Sense 2 verb
take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
- absorb hyponym
- adsorb hyponym
- chemisorb hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sorb apple |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | edible fruit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sorption |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sorbent |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | absorb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | adsorb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemisorb |