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metonym
met·o·nym [ méttə nìm ] (plural met·o·nyms)


noun 
Definition:
 
part of figure of speech: a word or phrase used in a figure of speech in which an attribute of something is used to stand for the thing itself, e.g. "laurels" when it is used to stand for "glory"
[Late 16th century. Back-formation <metonymy]

met·o·nym·ic [ mèttə nímmik ] adjective
met·o·nym·i·cal·ly adverb
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