Synecdochic definition

Synecdochic





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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  synecdochic
       adj : 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; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail'
             for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a


             synecdochic figure of speech" [syn: {synecdochical}]

















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