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HOLONYM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word that names the whole of which a given word is a part
Example:
'hat' is a holonym for 'brim' and 'crown'
Synonyms:
holonym; whole name
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("holonym" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
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