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Meaning of METONYMIC

Pronunciation:  `metu'nimik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
 
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 Synonyms: figurative, metonymical, nonliteral
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See
{Metonymy}.]
Used by way of metonymy. -- {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly}, adv.
 

 

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