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Definition of metonymy

The word metonymy uses 8 letters: e, m, m, n, o, t, y, y

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Meanings of 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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