Associations to the word «Meronym»

Wiktionary

MERONYM, noun. (semantics) A term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.

Dictionary definition

MERONYM, noun. A word that names a part of a larger whole; "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats