Term: crutch: anything that serves as an expedient
Candidate hypernym: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one → 1
Candidate hypernym: genus apatosaurus: large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic → 0
Candidate hypernym: trier: one who tries → 0
Candidate hypernym: piping: a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems → 0
Candidate hypernym: maternalism: motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children → 0
Candidate hypernym: sarcostemma: succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia → 0
Candidate hypernym: pigeon: wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs → 0
Candidate hypernym: air unit: a military unit that is part of the airforce → 0
Candidate hypernym: policy: a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government → 0
Candidate hypernym: bat: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate → 0
Candidate hypernym: losings: something lost (especially money lost at gambling) → 0