Term: springboard: a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: nucleus: (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail → 0
Candidate hypernym: peristalsis: the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along → 0
Candidate hypernym: combining: an occurrence that results in things being united → 0
Candidate hypernym: radiometer: meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic) → 0
Candidate hypernym: declination: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere → 0
Candidate hypernym: shrimp: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible → 0
Candidate hypernym: triangle: a three-sided polygon → 0
Candidate hypernym: tip: the extreme end of something; especially something pointed → 0
Candidate hypernym: necessitarian: someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will → 0
Candidate hypernym: sister: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) → 0