teardrop
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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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
Types & categories
- drop hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
his story brought tears to her eyes
Types & categories
- drib hypernym
Parts & wholes
- lacrimal secretion part holonym
- water substance meronym
Related & opposite
- tear derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | drop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tear |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lacrimal secretion |
| 2 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | water |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | drib |