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English noun: chad | |||
| 1. | chad (substance) a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | paper | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dimple, dimpled chad, hanging chad, pregnant chad, swinging chad, tri-chad | ||
| 2. | Chad (object) a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river | ||
| Synonyms | Lake Chad | ||
| Instance hypernym | lake | ||
| Part meronym | Africa | ||
| 3. | Chad (location) a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960 | ||
| Synonyms | Republic of Chad, Tchad | ||
| Instance hypernym | African country, African nation | ||
| Part holonym | capital of Chad, Fort-Lamy, N'Djamena, Ndjamena | ||
| Part meronym | Africa | ||
| Member holonym | Chadian | ||
| 4. | Chad (communication) a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa | ||
| Synonyms | Chadic, Chadic language | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Biu-Mandara, East Chadic, Masa, West Chadic | ||
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