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General 84% connected

Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

General 84% connected

Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Broader term 4

Merchandise 76% connected

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Product 76% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Ware 76% connected

Wore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wine 76% connected

The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Genus 74% connected

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; on…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Genus 74% connected

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; on…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Genus 66% connected

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; on…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Varietal 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Varietal 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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