metonymies

/M AH0 T AO1 N AY1 M IY0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.

  2. 2

    A metonym.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/metonymies, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/metonymy

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