synecdochic (s)
synecdochical (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part
def or the special for the general or the general for the special
def or the material for the thing made of it
examples to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech
Outgoing links
Similar to figurative, nonliteral
Derivationally related form synecdochical → synecdoche
Derivationally related form synecdochic → synecdoche
Incoming links
Similar to figurative, nonliteral
Derivationally related form synecdoche → synecdochic
Derivationally related form synecdoche → synecdochical

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