synecdoche – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
synecdoche
n.
figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or the whole for the part (i.e. "wheels" for "car")
Synecdoche
A
synecdoche (, ; from
Greek συνεκδοχή
synekdoche, meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a
figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something, or vice versa.
synecdoche
Noun
1. substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
(hypernym) trope, figure of speech, figure, image
(class) hearth, fireside
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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