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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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lexical relations?

What's the lexical relation between these sets:
Head, legs, mattress.
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Shed, cottage, building.
  

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If by "lexical," you mean a term to group the words according to their definition, then I don't find a good one for the first. "Shed," "cottage," and "building," are all enclosed, man-made structures. Is that what you're looking for?

— Deadrat

  • If by "lexical," you mean a term to group the words according to their definition, then I don't find a good one for the first.
  • "Shed," "cottage," and "building," are all enclosed, man-made structures.
  • Is that what you're looking for?
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If by "lexical," you mean a term to group the words according to their definition, then I don't find a good one for the first. "Shed," "cottage," and "building," are all enclosed, man-made structures.

Is that what you're looking for?
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I'm asking if they're synonyms, hyponyms, metonyms... Etc
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AnonymousHead, legs, mattress
Hyponyms for bed parts.
AnonymousShed, cottage, building.
Hyponyms for what deadrat said.
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