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bn:00111587a

Adjective Concept

synecdochic synecdochical

Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it WordNet 3.0

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Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

To use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

DERIVATION

synecdoche

SIMILAR

figurative

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

synecdochic, synecdochical