structure
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 thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
the structure consisted of a series of arches
Types & categories
- artifact
- airdock
- altar
- arcade
- arch
- area
- balcony
- balcony
- bascule
- boarding
- body
- bridge
- building
- building complex
- catchment
- coil
- colonnade
- pillar
- quoin
- cross
- deathtrap
- defensive structure
- door
- entablature
- erection
- establishment
- false bottom
- storey
- fountain
- guide
- cardhouse
- lodging
- hull
- jungle gym
- lamination
- landing place
- observation tower
- masonry
- monument
- hill
- obstruction
- partition
- weapons platform
- porch
- post and lintel
- prefab
- projection
- public works
- sail
- set-back
- shelter
- shoebox
- signboard
- stadium
- superstructure
- supporting structure
- tower
- transept
- trestlework
- vaulting
- shipway
- wellhead
- wind tunnel
- honeycomb
- equipoise
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
give a structure to
I need to structure my days
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
artists must study the structure of the human body
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
his lectures have no structure
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
he has good bone structure
Types & categories
- body part
- layer
- apodeme
- caliculus
- tooth
- pad
- gill slit
- gill arch
- peristome
- syrinx
- bulb
- carina
- cauda
- chiasma
- cingulum
- concha
- filum
- germ
- infundibulum
- interstice
- landmark
- limbus
- rib
- blade
- radicle
- plexus
- tube-shaped structure
- passageway
- fundus
- funiculus
- head
- bodily cavity
- tooth root
- capsule
- uvea
- lens nucleus
- membranous labyrinth
- bony labyrinth
- glans
- alveolar bed
- valve
- vascular structure
- lacrimal apparatus
- cytoskeleton
- nucleolus organizer
- centromere
- aster
- neural structure
- plica
- gyrus
- cartilaginous structure
- ball
- plate
- horny structure
- skeletal structure
- costa
- head
- bridge
- rotator cuff
- cornu
- corona
- receptor
- zona
Sense 6 noun
the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
the social organization of England and America is very different
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | understructure |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | plate |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | structural member |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | artifact |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | airdock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | altar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arcade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | area |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | balcony |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | balcony |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bascule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | boarding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | body |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bridge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | building |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | building complex |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catchment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | colonnade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pillar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quoin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cross |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deathtrap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | defensive structure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | door |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | entablature |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | erection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | establishment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | false bottom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | storey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fountain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cardhouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lodging |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hull |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jungle gym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lamination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | landing place |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | observation tower |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | masonry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monument |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | obstruction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | weapons platform |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | porch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | post and lintel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prefab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | projection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | public works |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | set-back |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shelter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoebox |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | signboard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stadium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | superstructure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supporting structure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tower |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transept |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trestlework |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vaulting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shipway |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wellhead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wind tunnel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | honeycomb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | equipoise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | structure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | structure |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | coordinate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | restructure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | structure |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical composition |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | substructure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | computer architecture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cytoarchitecture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fabric |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | structure |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognition |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | organization |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pattern |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | syntax |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sound structure |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | layer |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | apodeme |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | caliculus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tooth |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pad |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gill slit |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gill arch |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | peristome |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | syrinx |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bulb |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | carina |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cauda |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chiasma |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cingulum |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | concha |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | filum |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | germ |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | infundibulum |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | interstice |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | landmark |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | limbus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rib |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | blade |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | radicle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | plexus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tube-shaped structure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | passageway |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fundus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | funiculus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | head |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bodily cavity |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tooth root |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | capsule |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | uvea |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lens nucleus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | membranous labyrinth |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bony labyrinth |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | glans |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | alveolar bed |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | valve |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vascular structure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lacrimal apparatus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cytoskeleton |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | nucleolus organizer |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | centromere |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | aster |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | neural structure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | plica |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gyrus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cartilaginous structure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ball |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | plate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | horny structure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | skeletal structure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | costa |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | head |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bridge |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotator cuff |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cornu |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | corona |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | receptor |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | zona |
| 6 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | society |
| 6 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | political system |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | feudalism |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | patriarchy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | matriarchy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | meritocracy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | pluralism |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | class structure |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | separatism |