MERONYMY

meronymy, part to whole relation

(noun) the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

meronymy (countable and uncountable, plural meronymies)

(semantics) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.

Antonym: holonymy

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

21 January 2025

TRACE

(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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