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quoin
Overview of noun quoin
The noun quoin has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. quoin, coign, coigne -- (expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase)
2. quoin, coign, coigne -- (the keystone of an arch)
3. corner, quoin -- ((architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quoin
3 senses of quoin
Sense 1
quoin, coign, coigne
=> wedge
=> inclined plane
=> machine, simple machine
=> mechanical device
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
quoin, coign, coigne
=> keystone, key, headstone
=> building block
=> building material
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
corner, quoin
=> structure, construction
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun quoin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quoin
3 senses of quoin
Sense 1
quoin, coign, coigne
=> wedge
Sense 2
quoin, coign, coigne
=> keystone, key, headstone
Sense 3
corner, quoin
=> structure, construction
Antonyms of noun quoin
Member Holonyms of noun quoin
Substance Holonyms of noun quoin
Part Holonyms of noun quoin
1 of 3 senses of quoin
Sense 3
corner, quoin
PART OF: building, edifice
Member Meronyms of noun quoin
Substance Meronyms of noun quoin
Part Meronyms of noun quoin
Meronyms of noun quoin
Holonyms of noun quoin
1 of 3 senses of quoin
Sense 3
corner, quoin
PART OF: building, edifice
Attributes of noun quoin
Derived Forms of noun quoin
Domain of noun quoin
1 of 3 senses of quoin
Sense 3
corner, quoin
TOPIC>(noun) architecture#2
Domain Terms of noun quoin
Familiarity of noun quoin
quoin used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun quoin
3 senses of quoin
Sense 1
quoin, coign, coigne
> wedge
=> ax head, axe head
=> colter, coulter
=> moldboard, mouldboard
=> plowshare, ploughshare, share
=> quoin, coign, coigne
=> shim
Sense 2
quoin, coign, coigne
> keystone, key, headstone
=> quoin, coign, coigne
Sense 3
corner, quoin
> structure, construction
=> airdock, hangar, repair shed
=> altar
=> arcade, colonnade
=> arch
=> area
=> balcony
=> balcony
=> bascule
=> boarding
=> body
=> bridge, span
=> building, edifice
=> building complex, complex
=> catchment
=> coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
=> colonnade
=> column, pillar
=> corner, quoin
=> cross
=> deathtrap
=> defensive structure, defense, defence
=> door
=> entablature
=> erection
=> establishment
=> floor, level, storey, story
=> fountain
=> house of cards, cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle
=> housing, lodging, living accommodations
=> hull
=> jungle gym
=> lamination
=> landing, landing place
=> lookout, observation tower, lookout station, observatory
=> masonry
=> memorial, monument
=> mound, hill
=> obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
=> partition, divider
=> platform, weapons platform
=> porch
=> post and lintel
=> prefab
=> projection
=> public works
=> set-back, setoff, offset
=> shelter
=> shoebox
=> signboard, sign
=> stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium
=> superstructure
=> supporting structure
=> tower
=> transept
=> trestlework
=> vaulting
=> ways, shipway, slipway
=> wellhead
=> wind tunnel
=> honeycomb
=> balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
Meronyms of noun quoin
3 senses of quoin
Sense 1
quoin, coign, coigne
=> wedge
=> inclined plane
=> machine, simple machine
=> mechanical device
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
quoin, coign, coigne
=> keystone, key, headstone
=> building block
=> building material
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 3
corner, quoin
=> structure, construction
HAS PART: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
HAS PART: plate
HAS PART: structural member
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun quoin
1 of 3 senses of quoin
Sense 3
corner, quoin
PART OF: building, edifice
Grep of noun quoin
quoin
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