WordNet Search - 3.1

Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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Noun

S: (n) pawn (an article deposited as security)
S: (n) instrument, pawn, cat's-paw (a person used by another to gain an end)
S: (n) pawn ((chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank)

domain category
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) chessman, chess piece (any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess)

S: (n) man, piece (game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games) "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"

S: (n) game equipment (equipment or apparatus used in playing a game)

S: (n) equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

S: (n) instrumentality, instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

S: (n) artifact, artefact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"

S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"

S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

S: (n) pawn (borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) borrowing (obtaining funds from a lender)

S: (n) pawn (borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan)

derivationally related form

W: (v) pawn [Related to: pawn] (leave as a guarantee in return for money) "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

Verb

S: (v) pawn, soak, hock (leave as a guarantee in return for money) "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"