vowel
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
Types & categories
- speech sound hypernym
- ablaut hyponym
- diphthong hyponym
- schwa hyponym
- stem vowel hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
Types & categories
- letter of the alphabet hypernym
- vowel point hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | consonant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vowelize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vocalic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vocalic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech sound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ablaut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diphthong |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | schwa |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stem vowel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vocalic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vocalic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | letter of the alphabet |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vowel point |