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English noun: soft spot | |||
| 1. | soft spot (attribute) a place of especial vulnerability | ||
| Synonyms | weak part, weak spot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weakness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Achilles' heel, jugular, underbelly | ||
| Antonyms | good part | ||
| 2. | soft spot (feeling) a sentimental affection | ||
| Samples | She had a soft spot for her youngest son. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness | ||
| 3. | soft spot (body) any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus | ||
| Synonyms | fontanel, fontanelle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | opening, orifice, porta | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anterior fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle | ||
| Part meronym | braincase, brainpan, child's body, cranium | ||
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