WordNet-esimerkki

Alla on WordNet-esimerkki sanan board eri tulkinnoista WordNetissä.

Kuvan laatikot ovat synsettejä. Kuvassa on board-sanan yhdeksästä merkityksestä seitsemän (tilanpuutteen vuoksi kaikki eivät mahdu mukaan).

Kun Wordnetiin kirjoittaa sanan board, saadaan vastaukseksi seuraavat merkitykset:

1. board (a committee having supervisory powers) "the board has seven members"
2. board, plank (a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes)
3. board (a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose) "he nailed boards across the windows"
4. board, table (food or meals in general) "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
5. display panel, display board, board (a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view)
6. dining table, board (a table at which meals are served) "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"
7. control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel (electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices) "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
8. circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in (a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities)
9. board, gameboard (a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games) "he got out the board and set up the pieces"

Sanan eri merkitykset suomennettuna karkeasti:

1. hallitus, johtokunta
2. lauta, levy
3. lankku
4. ruoka
5. näyttötaulu, näyttöpaneli
6. ruokapöytä, pöytä
7. kytkintaulu, kontrollipaneeli = ohjauspöytä
8. piirilevy
9. pelilauta

Verbinä boardilla on seuraavat merkitykset: 

1. board, get on -- (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))
2. board, room -- (live and take one's meals (in a certain place))
3. board -- (lodge and take meals (at))
4. board -- (provide food and lodging (for))

1. nousta ajoneuvoon
2. asua
3. olla täysihoidossa, majailla, asua
4. pitää täysihoitoa, majoittaa, ruokkia

Substantiivin board synonyymit merkitykselle 2 (stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes):

=> lumber, timber -- (the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)

Substantiivin board hyperonyymit  merkitykselle 2:

=> lumber, timber -- (the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)
=> building material -- (material used for constructing buildings)
=> artifact, artefact -- (a man-made object taken as a whole) => whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)
=> object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
=> physical entity - - (an entity that has physical existence)
=> entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)) 

Substantiivin board hyponyymit merkitykselle 2:

=> matchboard - - (a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor))
=> skid -- (one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects)
=> wale, strake -- (thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship)
=> chipboard, hardboard - - (aa cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin)
=> deal (a plank of softwood (fir or pine board))

Substantiivin board meronyymit merkitykselle 2:

=>knot (a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged) "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
=>knothole (a hole in a board where a knot came out)