The relation between the terms ‘foot’ and ‘heel’ is that of holonymy, since one of the parts of a foot is a heel.
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Holonymy
Synonyms for "holonymy" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
holonymic relation
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
whole to part relation
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
whole-part relation
Related word relations
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More general
2 entrieslinguistic relationsemantic relation
More specific
3 entriesbody part holonymyfunctional holonymygeographic holonymy
Collocations
6 entriesbody part holonymyholonymic relationlexical holonymymeronymy counterpartsemantic relationwhole part relation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 整體關係 /整体关系 noun (system of holonyms)
French
1 entries- holonymie noun (system of holonyms)
Greek
1 entries- ολωνυμία noun (system of holonyms)
Polish
1 entries- holonimia noun (system of holonyms)
Russian
1 entries- холонимия noun (system of holonyms)
Sample sentences
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