Look up: metonymy

1. Metonymy
   substitution of one word for another which it suggests.
   *He is a man of the cloth.
   *The pen is mightier than the sword.
   *By the sweat of thy brow thou shalt eat thy bread.
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2. Metonymy
   Figure of speech where the name of the object being described is substituted for something closely related to it. For example, 'the crown' is often substituted for 'the monarchy'. Other examples include 'the press' for newspapers and 'the bench' for the judiciary.
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3. metonymy
   [n] - substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads`)
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4. Metonymy
   a figure of speech in which an attribute is substituted for the whole
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5. Metonymy
   Me·ton'y·my (me*tŏn'ĭ*mȳ; 277) noun [ Latin metonymia , Greek metwnymi`a ; meta` , indicating change + 'o`nyma , for 'o`noma a name: confer French métonymie . See Nam...
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6. metonymy
   A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections. ... Origin: L. Metonymia, Gr., indicating change +, for a name: cf. F. Metonymie. See ...
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7. metonymy
   noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads`)
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8. metonymy
   (mә-ton´ĭ-me) a disturbance of language seen in schizophrenia in which an inappropriate but related term is used instead of the correct one.
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9. Metonymy
   • (n.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
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10. metonymy
    (from Greek metnymia, `change of name,` or `misnomer`), figure of speech in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely ... [2 related articles]
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11. metonymy
    a figure of speech in which the poet substitutes a word normally associated with something for the term usually naming that thing (for example, 'big-sky country' for western Canada). The association can be cause-and-effect, attribute-of, instrument-for, etc.
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12. metonymy
    metonymy (miton'umē) , figure of speech in which an attribute of a thing or something closely related to it is substituted for the thing itself. Thus, “sweat” can mean “hard labor,” and “Capitol Hill” represents the U.S. Congress.
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13. Metonymy
    This artistic device occurs when an object, image or phrase, is used to refer to another object and both are in close correlation with one another. For example a metonymy for a pirate might be an eyepatch, or, for Sherlock Holmes, a Deer-Stalker cap and magnifying glass
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14. Metonymy
    Metonymy is a figure in rhetoric by which the name of an idea or thing is substituted for that of another, to which it has a certain relation. Thus the effect is frequently substituted for the cause, as when grey hairs stands for old age; a part for the whole, as when keel is put for the whole ship;...
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15. metonymy
    Figure of speech that works by association, naming something closely connected with what is meant; for example, calling the theatrical profession `the stage`, horse racing `the turf`, or journalists `the press`. It is related to synecdoche
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16. Metonymy
    `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 concept. For instance, "Westminster" is used as a `metonym` (an instance of metonymy) for the publisher = S...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy