Word
cog, n.
(cogs)
tooth on the rim of gear wheel
<noun.artifact>
cog
sprocket
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
cog
semantic pointers
hypernym
tooth
part holonym
gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel
a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
<noun.person>
cog
sample sentences
"he was a small cog in a large machine"
semantic pointers
hypernym
subordinate, underling, subsidiary, foot soldier