MERONYM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A word that names a part of a larger whole

Example:

'brim' and 'crown' are meronyms of 'hat'

Synonyms:

meronym; part name

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("meronym" is a kind of...):

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

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