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Word: Meronym
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1980s: from Greek meros ‘part’ + onuma ‘name’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛrənɪm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a term that denotes part of something but is used to refer to the whole of it, e.g. faces when used to mean people in I see several familiar faces present.
Short Definition:term that denotes part of something but is used to refer to whole of it
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