speck
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a very small spot
the plane was just a speck in the sky
Types & categories
- maculation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
produce specks in or on
speck the cloth
Types & categories
- mark hypernym
Related & opposite
- speck derivation
Sense 3 noun
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
Types & categories
- material hypernym
- grain hyponym
- grinding hyponym
- chylomicron hyponym
- flyspeck hyponym
- identification particle hyponym
Related & opposite
- atomize derivation
- atomic derivation
- moleculara derivation
Sense 4 noun
a slight but appreciable amount
this dish could use a touch of garlic
Types & categories
- small indefinite quantity hypernym
- snuff hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | speck |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pinpoint |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | maculation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | speck |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mark |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | atomize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | atomic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | moleculara |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | grain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | grinding |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chylomicron |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | flyspeck |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | identification particle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | small indefinite quantity |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | snuff |