Term: batten: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: dead metaphor: a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake') → 0
Candidate hypernym: option: the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited → 0
Candidate hypernym: salter: someone who makes or deals in salt → 0
Candidate hypernym: laminar flow: nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae) → 0
Candidate hypernym: roystonea: a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms → 0
Candidate hypernym: soft palate: a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking → 0
Candidate hypernym: hinayanism: the religious doctrine of Hinayana Buddhism → 0
Candidate hypernym: trichomonad: cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds → 0
Candidate hypernym: yeomanry: class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land → 0
Candidate hypernym: shave: the act of removing hair with a razor → 0