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elviria | 13:12 Sun 09th Jan 2011 | Crosswords
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Stuck on last one, can anybody please clarify

42a Word for a part of something which is used to mean the whole

Seems to me that it could be Meronym or metonym
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Metonym
13:13 Sun 09th Jan 2011
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Others seem to think it is Meronym. Could you explain why you think it is Metonym Thanks, sorry to doubt you
13:44 Sun 09th Jan 2011
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Meronym

definition from dictionary.com
meronym (ˈmɛrəʊˌnɪm)

— n
a part of something used to refer to the whole, such as faces meaning people , as in they've seen a lot of faces come and go
13:48 Sun 09th Jan 2011
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42a is meronym. See http://dictionary.ref...e.com/browse/meronym. Metonym is something else.
16:08 Sun 09th Jan 2011

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