synecdochic

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Adjective: synecdochic

1. synecdochic [ Synonyms: 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 "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech";

Derived Words:

synecdoche

Similar Words:

figurative, nonliteral

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