volume
1. the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object (Freq. 25)
- the gas expanded to twice its original volume
• Derivationally related forms:
voluminous
• Hypernyms:
measure, quantity, amount
• Hyponyms:
capacity, content
• Part Meronyms:
volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure,
cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
2. the property of something that is great in magnitude (Freq. 11)
- it is cheaper to buy it in bulk
- he received a mass of correspondence
- the volume of exports
• Syn:
bulk, mass
• Derivationally related forms:
voluminous, bulky (for: bulk)
• Hypernyms:
magnitude
• Hyponyms:
dollar volume, turnover
3. physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together (Freq. 8)
- he used a large book as a doorstop
• Syn:
book
• Derivationally related forms:
booklet (for: book)
• Hypernyms:
product, production
• Hyponyms:
album, coffee-table book, folio, hardback, hardcover,
journal, novel, order book, paperback book, paper-back book, paperback,
softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover, picture book, sketchbook,
sketch block, sketch pad, notebook
• Part Meronyms:
binding, book binding, cover, back, fore edge,
foredge, spine, backbone
4. a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications (Freq. 4)
- the third volume was missing
- he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review
• Hypernyms:
publication
• Member Holonyms:
set
5. a relative amount (Freq. 2)
- mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water
• Hypernyms:
measure, quantity, amount
6. the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) (Freq. 1)
- the kids played their music at full volume
• Syn:
loudness, intensity
• Ant:
softness (for: loudness)
• Derivationally related forms:
loud (for: loudness)
• Hypernyms:
sound property
• Hyponyms:
crescendo, forte, fortissimo
• Attrubites:
loud, soft
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