Hypernyms for "grain"
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Hypernyms
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apothecaries'' unit
apothecaries'' weight
atom
avoirdupois unit
cereal
cereal grass
change form
change shape
composition
constitution
corpuscle
deform
food product
foodstuff
form
leather
littleness
makeup
make-up
metric weight unit
molecule
mote
paint
particle
penetrate
perforate
physical composition
seed
smallness
speck
texture
troy unit
weight unit
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.