Term: golden calf: (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly
Candidate hypernym: idol: a material effigy that is worshipped → 1
Candidate hypernym: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion → 0
Candidate hypernym: glottis: the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated → 0
Candidate hypernym: ponderosa: common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature → 0
Candidate hypernym: cause of action: a claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action → 0
Candidate hypernym: groundsel tree: a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts → 0
Candidate hypernym: gymnosperm: plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary → 0
Candidate hypernym: time interval: a definite length of time marked off by two instants → 0
Candidate hypernym: nurse: one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) → 0
Candidate hypernym: pond apple: ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples → 0
Candidate hypernym: crookedness: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded → 0