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envelope
Overview of noun envelope
The noun envelope has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) envelope -- (a flat rectangular paper container for papers)
2. (2) envelope -- (any wrapper or covering)
3. envelope -- (a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves)
4. envelope -- (a natural covering (as by a fluid); "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet")
5. envelope -- (the maximum operating capability of a system; "test pilots try to push the envelope")
6. envelope, gasbag -- (the bag containing the gas in a balloon)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun envelope
6 senses of envelope
Sense 1
envelope
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
envelope
=> wrapping, wrap, wrapper
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
envelope
=> curve, curved shape
=> line
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
envelope
=> covering, natural covering, cover
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
envelope
=> operating capability, performance capability
=> capability, capableness
=> ability
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
envelope, gasbag
=> bag
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun envelope
1 of 6 senses of envelope
Sense 1
envelope
=> window envelope
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun envelope
6 senses of envelope
Sense 1
envelope
=> container
Sense 2
envelope
=> wrapping, wrap, wrapper
Sense 3
envelope
=> curve, curved shape
Sense 4
envelope
=> covering, natural covering, cover
Sense 5
envelope
=> operating capability, performance capability
Sense 6
envelope, gasbag
=> bag
Antonyms of noun envelope
Member Holonyms of noun envelope
Substance Holonyms of noun envelope
Part Holonyms of noun envelope
1 of 6 senses of envelope
Sense 6
envelope, gasbag
PART OF: balloon
Member Meronyms of noun envelope
Substance Meronyms of noun envelope
Part Meronyms of noun envelope
Meronyms of noun envelope
Holonyms of noun envelope
1 of 6 senses of envelope
Sense 6
envelope, gasbag
PART OF: balloon
Attributes of noun envelope
Derived Forms of noun envelope
Domain of noun envelope
Domain Terms of noun envelope
Familiarity of noun envelope
envelope used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun envelope
6 senses of envelope
Sense 1
envelope
> container
=> bag
=> bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
=> basket, handbasket
=> bin
=> bowl, pipe bowl
=> box
=> bread-bin, breadbox
=> bunker
=> can, tin, tin can
=> canister, cannister, tin
=> capsule
=> cargo container
=> case
=> case, display case, showcase, vitrine
=> cassette
=> cup
=> cylinder
=> dice cup, dice box
=> dish
=> dispenser
=> drawer
=> Dumpster
=> empty
=> envelope
=> glass, drinking glass
=> grab bag
=> magnetic bottle
=> mailer
=> manger, trough
=> mold, mould, cast
=> package, parcel
=> pan
=> pod, fuel pod
=> pot, flowerpot
=> powder horn, powder flask
=> receptacle
=> reliquary
=> saltcellar
=> savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank
=> scuttle, coal scuttle
=> shaker
=> spoon
=> storage ring
=> thimble
=> time capsule
=> vessel
=> wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file
=> watering can, watering pot
=> wheeled vehicle
=> workbasket, workbox, workbag
Sense 2
envelope
> wrapping, wrap, wrapper
=> envelope
=> film, plastic film
=> gift wrapping
=> jacket
=> plastic wrap
Sense 3
envelope
> curve, curved shape
=> normal curve, bell-shaped curve, Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape
=> meander
=> closed curve
=> S-shape
=> catenary
=> Cupid's bow
=> wave, undulation
=> extrados
=> gooseneck
=> intrados
=> bend, crook, twist, turn
=> hook, crotchet
=> envelope
=> arc
=> scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle
=> spiral
=> helix, spiral
=> perversion
=> sinuosity, sinuousness
=> arch
=> bell, bell shape, campana
=> bow, arc
=> crescent
=> quadric, quadric surface
=> roulette, line roulette
Sense 4
envelope
> covering, natural covering, cover
=> scale
=> shell
=> test
=> body covering
=> sheath, case
=> integument
=> blanket, mantle
=> crust, incrustation, encrustation
=> envelope
=> indumentum, indument
=> shell
=> shell, eggshell
=> skim
=> slough
=> snowcap
=> vesture
=> peridium
=> pericarp, seed vessel
=> perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium
=> theca, sac
=> indusium
=> bark
Sense 5
envelope
> operating capability, performance capability
=> envelope
Sense 6
envelope, gasbag
> bag
=> air bag
=> backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack
=> beanbag
=> bladder
=> body bag, personnel pouch, human remains pouch
=> book bag
=> burn bag
=> carryall, holdall, tote, tote bag
=> drawstring bag
=> dust bag, vacuum bag
=> envelope, gasbag
=> gamebag
=> golf bag
=> gunnysack, gunny sack, burlap bag
=> ice pack, ice bag
=> mailbag, postbag
=> nosebag, feedbag
=> pannier
=> plastic bag
=> pouch
=> purse
=> ragbag
=> rosin bag
=> sachet
=> sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag
=> saddlebag
=> sandbag
=> schoolbag
=> sick bag, sickbag
=> skin
=> sleeping bag
=> sweat bag
=> tea bag
=> toilet bag, sponge bag
=> tool bag
=> tucker-bag
Meronyms of noun envelope
6 senses of envelope
Sense 1
envelope
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
envelope
=> wrapping, wrap, wrapper
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 4
envelope
=> covering, natural covering, cover
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 6
envelope, gasbag
=> bag
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun envelope
1 of 6 senses of envelope
Sense 6
envelope, gasbag
PART OF: balloon
Grep of noun envelope
envelope
floral envelope
pay envelope
window envelope
Grep of adj envelope
enveloped
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