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`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'.

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A meronym denotes a constituent part of, or a member of something.
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Meronym is that part of me I discovered after I had Nahla.
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The is-a relationship is contrasted with the has-a relationship, which constitutes the holonym-meronym hierarchy.
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A meronym means part of a whole.
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  • A word that names a part of a larger whole; "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'"
  • Meronymy (from the Greek words meros = part and onoma = name) is a semantic relation used in linguistics. A meronym denotes a constituent part of, or a member of something. That is,
  • A term that denotes a part of the whole that is denoted by another term
  • (meronymic) Relating to a meronym or meronyms
  • (Meronyms) For noun definitions whose head is part and is followed by of, an is_part_of relation is created between the headword and the head noun of the following NP.
  • A concept that is part of another concept. A room is a meronym of a house. See also: holonym.
  • Name of a part, member, or substance of a whole (the holonym).