Hypernym

noun

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

Part_meronym

noun

a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

knot 3

noundomain: substance

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

Examples

Hyponym

noun

a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

Part_holonym

noun

a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes