Term: birch: a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: ideal gas: a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces → 0
Candidate hypernym: air bag: a safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward → 0
Candidate hypernym: upholder: someone who upholds or maintains → 0
Candidate hypernym: gardenia: any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: rubidium: a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite → 0
Candidate hypernym: orpington: English breed of large chickens with white skin → 0
Candidate hypernym: concavity: the property possessed by a concave shape → 0
Candidate hypernym: ascospore: sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus → 0
Candidate hypernym: identity theft: the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge → 0
Candidate hypernym: farkleberry: shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries → 0