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English adjective: synecdochic | |||
| 1. | synecdochic using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it | ||
| Samples | To use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech. | ||
| Synonyms | synecdochical | ||
| Similar | figurative, nonliteral | ||
| Antonyms | literal | ||
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