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Grit

Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

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Broader term 5

Clench 76% connected

See Clinch.

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

Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Fortitude 76% connected

Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.

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Sandstone 76% connected

A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Derivationally related 2

Gritty 74% connected

Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

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Gritty 74% connected

Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

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Synonym 6

Backbone 92% connected

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Gritrock 92% connected

Alt. of Gritstone

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gritstone 92% connected

See Grit, n., 4.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gumption 92% connected

Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moxie 92% connected

energy; pep.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sand 92% connected

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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