Metonymy

Metonymy

A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.

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metonymy

Art history; Visual arts

A figure of speech in which a word or idea is used to stand for something larger or more complex of which it is a part or connected with somehow. Hence, for example, journalists ...

metonymy

Education; SAT vocabulary

A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.

metonymy

Language; General language

A metonym is a figure of speech involving using one signified to stand for another signified which is directly related to it or closely associated with it in some way, notably ...

metonymy

Literature; General

Metonymy is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or ...

metonymy

Literature; General literature

See metaphor.

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A figure of speech involving the substitution of one noun for another of which it is an attribute or which is closely associated with it, e.g., "the kettle boils" or "he drank the ...

irritancy

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The quality of producing vexation.

irritant

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A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension.

irruption

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Sudden invasion.

isle

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An island.

islet

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A little island.

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A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment.

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