LEXICAL ANALYSIS
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Trunk and branch are meronyms of tree, tree is a holonym of trunk and branch
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The house has a door, the door has a handle, the handle is a meronym of a house
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A finger is a part of a hand, a hand has fingers. = fingers are meronym of a hand
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To stroll is to walk in some manner. stroll is a meronym of a walk
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Detailed explanation-1: -In semantics, a meronym is a word that denotes a constituent part or a member of something. For example, apple is a meronym of apple tree (sometimes written as apple<apple tree). This part-to-whole relationship is called meronymy.
Detailed explanation-2: -In simpler terms, a meronym is in a part-of relationship with its holonym. For example, finger is a meronym of hand, which is its holonym. Similarly, engine is a meronym of car, which is its holonym. Holonymy (from Ancient Greek (hólos) ‘whole’, and (ónuma) ‘name’) is the converse of meronymy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Holonym is a word that denotes a thing that is complete in itself and whose part, member or substance is represented by another word. Example: ‘Bird’ is a holonym of ‘Feather’. Words that are Holonyms are said to be Holonymous. The state of being a Holonym is called Holonymy.
Detailed explanation-4: -1. a constituent part or member of something. “Finger”’ is a meronym of “hand”, and “wheel” is a meronym of “automobile”.