Glossary:Meronymy

Meronymy

Definition

Meronymy : Meronymy explains a part-whole relation. It refers to terms for parts of real objects.

Comment: A pit is a part of a cherry just as just like wheels and saddle are part of a bike. Thus, one can can that a pit is a meronymy to a cherry as well as wheels and a saddle are meronyms to a bike. Do not mix up with hyponym and hyperonym which also refer to a hierarchical relationship of vocabularies (e.g. vegetables-potato).

Examples

pit - cherry
wheels, saddle - bike
finger - hand

Related terms

• hyponym
• hyperonym

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