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Meronyms

Meaning Relations

Synonyms
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Meronyms
Collocation
Vocabulary Expansion
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Meronyms

Meronyms refer to parts-whole relations. For instance, 'cuff', 'collar' and 'sleeve' are the meronyms of 'shirt' because they are parts of it. Below is an illustration of the parts-whole relation between 'computer' and its constituents.