whelk
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
large marine snail much used as food in Europe
Types & categories
- seafood hypernym
Parts & wholes
- whelk substance holonym
Related & opposite
- whelk derivation
Sense 2 verb
gather whelk
Types & categories
- snail hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
Types & categories
- seasnail hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Buccinidae member holonym
- whelk substance meronym
Related & opposite
- whelk derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | whelk |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | whelk |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | seafood |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whelk |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whelk |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | snail |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | whelk |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Buccinidae |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | whelk |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | seasnail |