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| me·ton·y·my [ mə tónnəmee ] |
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figure of speech: a figure of speech in which an attribute of something is used to stand for the thing itself, e.g. "laurels" when it stands for "glory" or "brass" when it stands for "military officers"
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| [Mid-16th century. Via late Latin< Greek metōnumia "change of name" < meta- "beside, different" + onuma "name"] |
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