triangle
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a three-sided polygon
Types & categories
- polygon hypernym
- acute triangle hyponym
- equilateral triangle hyponym
- isosceles triangle hyponym
- oblique triangle hyponym
- obtuse triangle hyponym
- right triangle hyponym
- scalene triangle hyponym
- wedge hyponym
Related & opposite
- triangulate derivation
- triangulate derivation
- three-sided derivation
- triangular derivation
Sense 2 noun
something approximating the shape of a triangle
the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
Sense 3 noun
any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
Types & categories
- drafting instrument hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
Types & categories
- percussion instrument hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | triangulate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | triangulate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | three-sided |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | triangular |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | polygon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acute triangle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | equilateral triangle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | isosceles triangle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oblique triangle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | obtuse triangle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | right triangle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scalene triangle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wedge |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | drafting instrument |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | percussion instrument |