Definitions from Wiktionary (synecdoche)
▸ noun: (rhetoric) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part.
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech.
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▸ noun: (rhetoric) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part.
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech.
Similar:
synechdoche,
syndoche,
synecdochy,
synecdochism,
periphrasis,
antonomasia,
agnomination,
merism,
surnamer,
prosopopoeia,
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Types:
"all hands on deck",
"wheels",
"suits",
"boots on ground",
"bread and butter",
"gray beard",
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