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foliation
Overview of noun foliation
The noun foliation has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. foliation, leafing -- ((botany) the process of forming leaves)
2. foliation -- ((geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock)
3. foliation, foliage -- ((architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament)
4. foliation -- (the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves)
5. foliation -- (the work of coating glass with metal foil)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foliation
5 senses of foliation
Sense 1
foliation, leafing
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
foliation
=> stratification
=> geological process, geologic process
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
foliation, foliage
=> architectural ornament
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
foliation
=> production
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
foliation
=> application, coating, covering
=> manual labor, manual labour
=> labor, labour, toil
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun foliation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foliation
5 senses of foliation
Sense 1
foliation, leafing
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
Sense 2
foliation
=> stratification
Sense 3
foliation, foliage
=> architectural ornament
Sense 4
foliation
=> production
Sense 5
foliation
=> application, coating, covering
Antonyms of noun foliation
Member Holonyms of noun foliation
Substance Holonyms of noun foliation
Part Holonyms of noun foliation
Member Meronyms of noun foliation
Substance Meronyms of noun foliation
Part Meronyms of noun foliation
Meronyms of noun foliation
Holonyms of noun foliation
Attributes of noun foliation
Derived Forms of noun foliation
4 of 5 senses of foliation
Sense 1
foliation, leafing
RELATED TO>(verb) foliate#5
=> foliate
Sense 3
foliation, foliage
RELATED TO>(verb) foliate#2
=> foliate
Sense 4
foliation
RELATED TO>(verb) foliate#1
=> foliate
Sense 5
foliation
RELATED TO>(verb) foliate#3
=> foliate
Domain of noun foliation
3 of 5 senses of foliation
Sense 1
foliation, leafing
TOPIC>(noun) botany#2, phytology#1
Sense 2
foliation
TOPIC>(noun) geology#1
Sense 3
foliation, foliage
TOPIC>(noun) architecture#2
Domain Terms of noun foliation
Familiarity of noun foliation
foliation used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun foliation
5 senses of foliation
Sense 1
foliation, leafing
> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> culture
=> amelogenesis
=> angiogenesis
=> apposition
=> auxesis
=> blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence
=> cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis
=> cohesion
=> cytogenesis, cytogeny
=> foliation, leafing
=> fructification
=> gametogenesis
=> germination, sprouting
=> infructescence
=> intussusception
=> juvenescence
=> life cycle
=> masculinization, masculinisation, virilization, virilisation
=> morphogenesis
=> myelinization, myelinisation
=> neurogenesis
=> palingenesis, recapitulation
=> proliferation
=> psychogenesis
=> psychogenesis
=> psychomotor development
=> psychosexual development
=> rooting
=> suppression
=> teething, dentition, odontiasis
=> teratogenesis
=> vegetation
Sense 2
foliation
> stratification
=> foliation
Sense 3
foliation, foliage
> architectural ornament
=> antefix
=> crocket
=> dogtooth
=> foliation, foliage
=> fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern
=> frieze
=> guilloche
=> trefoil
Sense 4
foliation
> production
=> rainmaking
=> devising, fashioning, making
=> foliation
=> canalization, canalisation
=> growing
=> steel production
Sense 5
foliation
> application, coating, covering
=> anointing, anointment
=> fumigation
=> foliation
=> galvanization, galvanisation
=> lubrication
=> paving, pavage
=> painting
=> spraying
=> tinning, tin-plating
=> tinning
=> papering, paperhanging
=> plastering, daubing
=> plating
=> scumble
=> tiling
=> waxing
=> lining, facing
Meronyms of noun foliation
5 senses of foliation
Sense 1
foliation, leafing
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
HAS PART: gastrulation
Sense 3
foliation, foliage
=> architectural ornament
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun foliation
Grep of noun foliation
defoliation
exfoliation
foliation
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