MERONYM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meronym mean? 

• MERONYM (noun)
  The noun MERONYM has 1 sense:

1. a word that names a part of a larger whole

  Familiarity information: MERONYM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERONYM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A word that names a part of a larger whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

meronym; part name

Context example:

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

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

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