Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) talc, talcum (a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder)
S: (n) mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
S: (n) material, stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
S: (n) substance (the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists) "DNA is the substance of our genes"
S: (n) matter (that which has mass and occupies space) "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S: (n) part, portion, component part, component, constituent (something determined in relation to something that includes it) "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
S: (n) relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)