» volume
Words people most associate with “volume”:
- loud,
- control,
- high,
- mass,
- encyclopedia
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Noun (6 meanings)
1. the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.
Example:
- “the gas expanded to twice its original volume”
volume is a type of:
- measure, quantity, amount (noun) - how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
types of volume:
parts of volume:
- volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit (noun) - a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
volume is derivationally related to:
- voluminous (adjective) - large in volume or bulk
Examples:
- “it is cheaper to buy it in bulk”,
- “he received a mass of correspondence”,
- “the volume of exports”
volume is a type of:
- magnitude (noun) - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
types of volume:
- dollar volume, turnover (noun) - the volume measured in dollars
volume is derivationally related to:
- bulky (adjective) - of large size for its weight
- voluminous (adjective) - large in volume or bulk
Example:
- “he used a large book as a doorstop”
volume is a type of:
- product, production (noun) - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
types of volume:
- album (noun) - a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes
- coffee-table book (noun) - an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table
- folio (noun) - a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
- hardback, hardcover (noun) - a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
- journal (noun) - a record book as a physical object
- notebook (noun) - a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda
- novel (noun) - a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
- order book (noun) - a book in which customers' orders are entered
- paperback book, paper-back book, paperback, softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover (noun) - a book with paper covers
- picture book (noun) - a book consisting chiefly of pictures
- sketchbook, sketch block, sketch pad (noun) - a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn
parts of volume:
- binding, book binding, cover, back (noun) - the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- fore edge, foredge (noun) - the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved
- spine, backbone (noun) - the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
volume is derivationally related to:
4. a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications.
Examples:
- “the third volume was missing”,
- “he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review”
volume is a type of:
- publication (noun) - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
volume is a member of:
- set (noun) - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
5. a relative amount.
Example:
- “mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water”
Example:
- “the kids played their music at full volume”
volume is the opposite of:
- softness (noun) - a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency
volume is a type of:
- sound property (noun) - an attribute of sound
types of volume:
- crescendo (noun) - (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- forte, fortissimo (noun) - (music) loud
Attribute:
- loud (adjective) - characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
- soft (adjective) - (of sound) relatively low in volume