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CASHMERE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goatplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cashmere" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and Indiaplay

Synonyms:

Cashmere; Jammu and Kashmir; Kashmir

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Cashmere"):

Line of Control (a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan)

Karakoram; Karakoram Range; Karakorum Range; Mustagh; Mustagh Range (a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak)

Nanga Parbat (a mountain in the Himalayas in Kashmir (26,660 feet high))

Domain member region:

Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami; Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami; HUJI (an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan)

Holonyms ("Cashmere" is a part of...):

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The wool of the Kashmir goatplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cashmere" is a kind of...):

wool (fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving)

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