Word:
Definition
Translation En -> Es
Translation En -> De
Translation En -> Fr
Translation Es -> En
Translation Es -> De
Translation Es -> Fr
Translation De -> En
Translation De -> Es
Translation De -> Fr
Translation Fr -> En
Translation Fr -> Es
Translation Fr -> De
Metonymy
Me`ton´y`my
Pronunciation:
mė`tǒn´ĭ`mŷ; 277
n.
1.
(Rhet.)
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
;
a
city
dweller
has
no
wheels
,
that
is
,
no
automobile
.
Noun
1.
metonymy
-
substituting
the
name
of
an
attribute
or
feature
for
the
name
of
the
thing
itself
(
as
in
`
they
counted
heads
')
figure
,
figure
of
speech
,
image
,
metalepsis
,
trope
,
voice
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Meticorten
meticulosity
Meticulous
meticulously
meticulousness
Metier
Metif
Metis
Metoche
Metol
Metonic
Metonic year
metonym
Metonymic
metonymical
metonymically
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Metope
Metopic
metopion
Metopomancy
Metoposcopic
Metoposcopist
Metoposcopy
metoprolol
Metosteon
metralgia
Metrazol
metrazol shock
metrazol shock therapy
metrazol shock treatment
Metre
Metre or meter
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