Synecdoche

noun

/sɪˈnɛk.doʊ.ki/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part.

2.nounThe use of this figure of speech.

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