meronym

Other forms: meronyms

Definitions of meronym
  1. noun
    a word that names a part of a larger whole
    “`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'”
    synonyms: part name
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    type of:
    word
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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