Term: ferule: a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children
Candidate hypernym: switch: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment → 1
Candidate hypernym: power takeoff: a device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer) → 0
Candidate hypernym: network: a system of intersecting lines or channels → 0
Candidate hypernym: signalman: a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard → 0
Candidate hypernym: simvastatin: an oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks → 0
Candidate hypernym: breastplate: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass → 0
Candidate hypernym: centriole: one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyperbola: an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone → 0
Candidate hypernym: air: a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing → 0
Candidate hypernym: atlantic sailfish: a kind of sailfish → 0
Candidate hypernym: slender knapweed: a variety of knapweed → 0