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Holonym - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun holonym

is a term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term, such as 'face' in relation to 'eye'.

holonym

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (semantics) A term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term, such as 'face' in relation to 'eye'.
    • Body is a holonym of arm, leg and heart.
    Word is a holonym of letter.

    Antonyms

    * (term that denotes a whole) meronym

    Derived terms

    * holonymy * holonymous

    Holonyms

    * semantic network * thesaurus

    See also

    * synecdoche ----

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.