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Metonymy
Pronunciation : Me*ton"y*my
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. metonymia, Gr. m?tonymie. See Name.] (Rhet.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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