HyperDic: synecdoche

English > 1 sense of the word synecdoche:
NOUNcommunicationsynecdochesubstituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
English > synecdoche: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningSubstituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa.
Broadertrope, figure of speech, figure, imagelanguage used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
UsagefaceA part of a person that is used to refer to a person
hearth, firesidehome symbolized as a part of the fireplace
Spanishsinécdoque
Catalansinècdoque
Adjectivessynecdochic, synecdochicalusing the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part

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