stylus
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- phonograph needle hyponym
Parts & wholes
- cartridge part holonym
- diamond point part meronym
Sense 2 noun
a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus
Types & categories
- tool hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | cartridge |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | diamond point |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phonograph needle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tool |