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    metonymy

    metonymy - Dictionary definition and meaning for word metonymy

    Definition
    (noun) substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for metonymy

using a METAphorical NAME = METONYMY

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