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MERONYMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does meronymy mean?
• MERONYMY (noun)
The noun MERONYMY has 1 sense:
1. the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
Familiarity information: MERONYMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
meronymy; part to whole relation
Hypernyms ("meronymy" is a kind of...):
semantic relation (a relation between meanings)
Meronyms (parts of "meronymy"):
component; component part; constituent; part; portion (something determined in relation to something that includes it)
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