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Noun: whole name
  1. A word that names the whole of which a given word is a part
    "'hat' is a whole name for 'brim' and 'crown'";
    - holonym

Derived forms: whole names

Type of: word

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whoever
whole
whole blood
whole caboodle
whole cloth
whole gale
whole kit and boodle
whole kit and caboodle
whole life insurance
whole milk
whole name
whole note
whole number
whole rest
whole shebang
whole snipe
whole step
whole to part relation
whole tone
whole wheat bread
whole wheat flour