English noun: nun | |||
1. | nun (person) a woman religious | ||
Broader (hypernym) | religious | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Sister | ||
Instance hyponym | Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa, Mother Theresa, Teresa, Theresa | ||
2. | nun (communication) a buoy resembling a cone | ||
Synonyms | conical buoy, nun buoy | ||
Broader (hypernym) | buoy | ||
3. | nun (communication) the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet | ||
Member meronym | Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script | ||