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building block
Overview of noun building-block
The noun building block has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) unit, building block -- (a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids")
2. building block -- (a block of material used in construction work)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun building-block
2 senses of building block
Sense 1
unit, building block
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
building block
=> building material
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun building-block
2 senses of building block
Sense 1
unit, building block
=> chain, chemical chain
=> couple
=> unit cell
=> group, radical, chemical group
=> molecule
Sense 2
building block
=> ashlar
=> cinder block, clinker block, breeze block
=> keystone, key, headstone
=> voussoir
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun building-block
2 senses of building block
Sense 1
unit, building block
=> thing
Sense 2
building block
=> building material
Antonyms of noun building-block
Member Holonyms of noun building-block
Substance Holonyms of noun building-block
Part Holonyms of noun building-block
Member Meronyms of noun building-block
Substance Meronyms of noun building-block
Part Meronyms of noun building-block
1 of 2 senses of building block
Sense 1
unit, building block
HAS PART: part, piece
Meronyms of noun building-block
1 of 2 senses of building block
Sense 1
unit, building block
HAS PART: part, piece
Holonyms of noun building-block
Attributes of noun building-block
Derived Forms of noun building-block
Domain of noun building-block
Domain Terms of noun building-block
Familiarity of noun building-block
building block used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun building-block
2 senses of building block
Sense 1
unit, building block
> thing
=> anything
=> something
=> nothing, nonentity
=> subject, content, depicted object
=> body of water, water
=> inessential, nonessential
=> necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
=> part, piece
=> reservoir, source
=> unit, building block
=> variable
Sense 2
building block
> building material
=> brick
=> building block
=> stone
=> bricks and mortar
=> cement
=> concrete
=> covering material
=> fencing material, fencing
=> flooring
=> gunite
=> insulating material, insulant, insulation
=> lath and plaster
=> lumber, timber
=> mortar
=> roofing material
=> shingle, shake
=> siding
=> staff
=> sticks and stone
=> wattle and daub
Meronyms of noun building-block
2 senses of building block
Sense 1
unit, building block
HAS PART: part, piece
Sense 2
building block
=> building material
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun building-block
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