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TROPONYM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does troponym mean? 

TROPONYM (noun)
  The noun TROPONYM has 1 sense:

1. a word that denotes a manner of doing somethingplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TROPONYM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A word that denotes a manner of doing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

manner name; troponym

Context example:

'march' is a troponym of 'walk'

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

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


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