STYLUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: styli

Meaning:

A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

Example:

he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus

Synonyms:

style; stylus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)

Meaning:

A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Meronyms (parts of "stylus"):

diamond point (a very hard small point made from a diamond)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stylus"):

needle; phonograph needle (a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record)

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

cartridge; pickup (an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable)