LIGAMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any connection or unifying bond
   Hypernyms(s) ligament is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • attachment (what does attachment mean?)
   • bond (what does bond mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • binder (what does binder mean?)
   • ligature (what does ligature mean?)
   • chain (what does chain mean?)
   • wire (what does wire mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs
   Hypernyms(s) ligament is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • connective tissue (what does connective tissue mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • falciform ligament (what does falciform ligament mean?)
   • round ligament of the uterus (what does round ligament of the uterus mean?)
   • ligamentum teres uteri (what does ligamentum teres uteri mean?)