Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a word that names a part of a larger whole;
- Example: "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'"[syn: meronym, part name]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
meronym
n 1: a word that names a part of a larger whole; "`brim' and
`crown' are meronyms of `hat'" [syn: meronym, part
name]