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WHOLE NAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whole name mean? 

WHOLE NAME (noun)
  The noun WHOLE NAME has 1 sense:

1. a word that names the whole of which a given word is a partplay

  Familiarity information: WHOLE NAME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHOLE NAME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A word that names the whole of which a given word is a part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

holonym; whole name

Context example:

'hat' is a holonym for 'brim' and 'crown'

Hypernyms ("whole name" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)


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