| NOUN | communication | metonym | a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing |
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| Meaning | A word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing. | |
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| Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
| Spanish | metonimia | |
| Catalan | metonímia | |
| Adjectives | metonymic, metonymical | using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated |
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