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platoon
Overview of noun platoon
The noun platoon has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) platoon -- (a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant)
2. (2) platoon -- (a team of policemen working under the military platoon system)
3. platoon -- (a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity; "platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the defensive platoon of the football team")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun platoon
3 senses of platoon
Sense 1
platoon
=> army unit
=> military unit, military force, military group, force
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
platoon
=> police squad
=> team, squad
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
platoon
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun platoon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun platoon
3 senses of platoon
Sense 1
platoon
=> army unit
Sense 2
platoon
=> police squad
Sense 3
platoon
=> social group
Antonyms of noun platoon
Member Holonyms of noun platoon
1 of 3 senses of platoon
Sense 1
platoon
MEMBER OF: company
Substance Holonyms of noun platoon
Part Holonyms of noun platoon
Member Meronyms of noun platoon
Substance Meronyms of noun platoon
Part Meronyms of noun platoon
1 of 3 senses of platoon
Sense 2
platoon
HAS PART: section
Meronyms of noun platoon
1 of 3 senses of platoon
Sense 2
platoon
HAS PART: section
Holonyms of noun platoon
1 of 3 senses of platoon
Sense 1
platoon
MEMBER OF: company
Attributes of noun platoon
Derived Forms of noun platoon
Domain of noun platoon
1 of 3 senses of platoon
Sense 1
platoon
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Domain Terms of noun platoon
Familiarity of noun platoon
platoon used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun platoon
3 senses of platoon
Sense 1
platoon
> army unit
=> corps, army corps
=> division
=> battle group
=> regiment
=> brigade
=> battalion
=> company
=> platoon
=> detachment
=> vanguard, van
=> section
=> squad
=> troop
=> troop
=> artillery, artillery unit
=> musketry
=> cavalry
=> infantry, foot
Sense 2
platoon
> police squad
=> vice squad
=> platoon
=> SWAT team, SWAT squad, Special Weapons and Tactics team, Special Weapons and Tactics squad
Sense 3
platoon
> social group
=> society
=> minority
=> interest, interest group
=> kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
=> kith
=> fringe
=> gathering, assemblage
=> congregation, fold, faithful
=> organization, organisation
=> phylum
=> force
=> platoon
=> revolving door
=> set, circle, band, lot
=> organized crime, gangland, gangdom
=> subculture
=> nonalignment, nonalinement
=> political system, form of government
=> moiety
=> tribe, folk
=> movement, social movement, front
=> Jewry
Meronyms of noun platoon
3 senses of platoon
Sense 1
platoon
=> army unit
HAS MEMBER: military personnel, soldiery, troops
=> military unit, military force, military group, force
HAS MEMBER: serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 2
platoon
HAS PART: section
=> police squad
=> team, squad
HAS MEMBER: stringer
HAS PART: bench
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Holonyms of noun platoon
1 of 3 senses of platoon
Sense 1
platoon
MEMBER OF: company
MEMBER OF: battalion
MEMBER OF: regiment
MEMBER OF: battle group
MEMBER OF: division
MEMBER OF: corps, army corps
MEMBER OF: army, regular army, ground forces
Grep of noun platoon
platoon
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