wool
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 fabric made from the hair of sheep
Types & categories
- fabric hypernym
Parts & wholes
- tweed substance holonym
Related & opposite
- woolen derivation
Sense 2 noun
fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
Types & categories
- animal fiber hypernym
- Shetland wool hyponym
- raw wool hyponym
- alpaca hyponym
- cashmere hyponym
- fleece hyponym
- shoddy hyponym
- vicuna hyponym
- virgin wool hyponym
Sense 3 noun
outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
Types & categories
- pelage hypernym
Related & opposite
- fleece derivation
- wooly-haired derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | woolen |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | tweed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fabric |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal fiber |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shetland wool |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | raw wool |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | alpaca |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cashmere |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fleece |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoddy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vicuna |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | virgin wool |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fleece |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wooly-haired |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pelage |