English noun: component part | |||
| 1. | component part something determined in relation to something that includes it | ||
| Samples | He wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself. I read a portion of the manuscript. The smaller component is hard to reach. The animal constituent of plankton. | ||
| Synonyms | component, constituent, part, portion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | balance, base, basis, butt, detail, item, item, language unit, linguistic unit, member, particular, point, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest, subpart, substance, unit | ||
| Part meronym | meronymy, part to whole relation | ||