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metonym

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met·o·nym  (mt-nm)
n.
A word used in metonymy.
[Back-formation from metonymy.]
metonym [ˈmɛtənɪm]
n
(Linguistics / Grammar) a word used in a metonymy. For example the bottle is a metonym for alcoholic drink
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Noun1.metonym - a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing; "Washington is a metonym for the United States government"; "plastic is a metonym for credit card"
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
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