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knife edge
Overview of noun knife-edge
The noun knife-edge has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. knife-edge -- (a narrow boundary; "he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity")
The noun knife edge has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. knife edge, cutting edge -- (the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun knife-edge
1 sense of knife-edge
Sense 1
knife-edge
=> limit, bound, boundary
=> extent
=> magnitude
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
1 sense of knife edge
Sense 1
knife edge, cutting edge
=> edge
=> side
=> surface
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun knife-edge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun knife-edge
1 sense of knife-edge
Sense 1
knife-edge
=> limit, bound, boundary
1 sense of knife edge
Sense 1
knife edge, cutting edge
=> edge
Antonyms of noun knife-edge
Member Holonyms of noun knife-edge
Substance Holonyms of noun knife-edge
Part Holonyms of noun knife-edge
1 sense of knife edge
Sense 1
knife edge, cutting edge
PART OF: blade
PART OF: edge tool
Member Meronyms of noun knife-edge
Substance Meronyms of noun knife-edge
Part Meronyms of noun knife-edge
Meronyms of noun knife-edge
Holonyms of noun knife-edge
1 sense of knife edge
Sense 1
knife edge, cutting edge
PART OF: blade
PART OF: edge tool
Attributes of noun knife-edge
Derived Forms of noun knife-edge
Domain of noun knife-edge
Domain Terms of noun knife-edge
Familiarity of noun knife-edge
knife-edge used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
knife edge used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun knife-edge
1 sense of knife-edge
Sense 1
knife-edge
> limit, bound, boundary
=> knife-edge
=> starkness, absoluteness, utterness
=> thermal barrier, heat barrier
=> utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best
=> verge, brink
1 sense of knife edge
Sense 1
knife edge, cutting edge
> edge
=> bevel, cant, chamfer
=> bezel
=> brim, rim, lip
=> curb, curbing, kerb
=> deckle edge, deckle
=> featheredge
=> knife edge, cutting edge
=> leading edge
=> milling
=> razor edge
=> trailing edge
Meronyms of noun knife-edge
1 sense of knife-edge
1 sense of knife edge
Sense 1
knife edge, cutting edge
=> edge
=> side
=> surface
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun knife-edge
1 sense of knife edge
Sense 1
knife edge, cutting edge
PART OF: blade
PART OF: ax, axe
PART OF: knife
PART OF: sword, blade, brand, steel
PART OF: spatula
PART OF: spatula
PART OF: scissors, pair of scissors
PART OF: lawn mower, mower
PART OF: edge tool
Grep of noun knife-edge
knife-edge
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