Term: groundwork: preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: wild geranium: common wild geranium of eastern North America with deeply parted leaves and rose-purple flowers
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: alveolar ectasia: abnormal enlargement of the air sacs in the lungs
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: ridley: a marine turtle
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: saponification: a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: staple: a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: cutter: a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: ridley: a marine turtle
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: equivalent: the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: tongue twister: an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: fetishism: sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs)