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Mereonym

Part of speech: Noun

Sense: A word that denotes a part of something or that is used to label a subset of a whole.

Usage:

1. In linguistics, mereonyms are often used to describe the relationship between words when one word refers to a part or subset of another.
2. In the study of semantics, understanding the concept of mereonyms is crucial to analyzing the hierarchical structure of language.

Sample sentences:

1. The word "finger" is a mereonym of the word "hand".
2. In the phrase "a slice of bread," the word "slice" acts as a mereonym of the word "bread".
3. Understanding the mereonyms in a sentence helps in unraveling its meaning.

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