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simile

sim·i·le [ símməlee ] (plural sim·i·les)


noun 
Definition:
 
figurative language drawing comparison: a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word "like" or "as," e.g. "as white as a sheet"

[14th century. < Latin, "like thing" < similis "like, similar"]
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