Library / English Dictionary

    DESCENDER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase lettersplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("descender" is a kind of...):

    line (a mark that is long relative to its width)

    Domain category:

    printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase lettersplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("descender" is a kind of...):

    alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Someone who descendsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("descender" is a kind of...):

    mover (someone who moves)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descender"):

    abseiler; rappeller (a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point)

    Credits


    © 1991-2023 The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin | Titi Tudorancea® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
    Contact