METONYMY
\mˈɛtənˌɪmi], \mˈɛtənˌɪmi], \m_ˈɛ_t_ə_n_ˌɪ_m_i]\
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substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
By Princeton University
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substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A figure of speech in which a word is used in place of another which it suggests by association; as, the name of a part for that of the whole; as, he employs two hundred hands; the container for the thing contained; as, the kettle boils, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).