holonym

noun
/ˈhɒl.əˌnɪm/UK/ˈhɑl.əˌnɪm/US

Etymology

From hol- + -onym.

Definitions

  1. A term that denotes the whole of which another term's referent is a part.

    • Holonyms: semantic network, wordnet, thesaurus
    • The word "face" is a holonym of the word "eye", which is a holonym of the word "retina".

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for holonym. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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