Metonymy

[mi'tɒnimi]

Definition

(noun.) substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads').

Edited by Bernice--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.

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Definition

n. (rhet.) a trope in which the name of one thing is put for that of another related to it the effect for the cause &c. as 'the heart' for 'the affections ' 'the bottle' for 'drink ' &c.—adjs. Metonym′ic -al used by way of metonymy.—adv. Metonym′ically.

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