Term: quarterstaff: a long stout staff used as a weapon
Candidate hypernym: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose → 1
Candidate hypernym: obtuseness: the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point → 0
Candidate hypernym: improvised explosive device: an explosive device that is improvised → 0
Candidate hypernym: starting gate: a movable barrier on the starting line of a race course → 0
Candidate hypernym: cottage cheese: mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk → 0
Candidate hypernym: coralberry: North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits → 0
Candidate hypernym: phone: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language → 0
Candidate hypernym: methacrylic acid: an unsaturated acid (C4H6O2) used to make resins and plastics → 0
Candidate hypernym: malpighia: type genus of the Malpighiaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: precipice: a very steep cliff → 0
Candidate hypernym: belt: ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun → 0