Term: toehold: a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
Candidate hypernym: status: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society → 1
Candidate hypernym: emissary: someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else → 0
Candidate hypernym: muscat: sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine → 0
Candidate hypernym: smooth winterberry holly: a holly shrub → 0
Candidate hypernym: hundredweight: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: blood spavin: spavin caused by distension of the veins → 0
Candidate hypernym: chlorella: any alga of the genus Chlorella → 0
Candidate hypernym: tropic: either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics → 0
Candidate hypernym: milanese: a native or inhabitant of Milan → 0
Candidate hypernym: root crop: crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips → 0
Candidate hypernym: behavior: the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances → 0