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Definition of Meronym
1. Noun. A word that names a part of a larger whole. "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'"
Definition of Meronym
1. Noun. (semantics) A term that denotes a part of the whole that is denoted by another term. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meronym
1. a word that relates part to whole [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meronym
Literary usage of Meronym
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings by D. K. Harman (1993)
"For nouns, the only division used in this study, the lexical relationships include
antonymy, hypernymy/hyponymy (IS-A relation) and three different meronym/ ..."
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