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meronym

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meronym [ˈmɛrəʊˌnɪm]
n
(Linguistics) a part of something used to refer to the whole, such as faces meaning people, as in they've seen a lot of faces come and go
[from Greek meros part + onuma name]
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Noun1.meronym - a word that names a part of a larger whole; "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'"
part name
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"


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