hoop
Noun
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A light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt (synset 103539609)
is a type of: frame, skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe - the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shapesubtypes:
- farthingale - a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
- pannier - set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips
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A rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling (synset 103539152)
"there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"is a type of: band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)subtypes:
- carabiner, karabiner, snap ring - an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes
- collar - a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- curtain ring - a circular ring for holding up a curtain
- key ring - a circular ring of metal for holding keys
- napkin ring - a circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin
- nose ring - a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it
- rim - the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
- rim - (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
- tire, tyre - hoop that covers a wheel
- towel ring - a circular hoop for holding a towel
is a part of:- barrel, cask - a cylindrical container that holds liquids
- wagon wheel - a wheel of a wagon
same as: ring -
A small arch used as croquet equipment (synset 104590057)
is a type of: croquet equipment - sports equipment used in playing croquetsame as: wicket
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Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball (synset 102805381)
is a type of:
- basketball equipment - sports equipment used in playing basketball
- goal - game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
same as: basket, basketball hoop
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