Details of word SYNECDOCHE

Definition of synecdoche

n. - A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.

Word "synecdoche" contains 10 letters : C C D E E H N O S Y

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