Associations to the word «Meronymy»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

MERONYMY, noun. The semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole.

Wise words

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark Twain