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Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) metonymic, metonymical
using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated
"to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"

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Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) metonymical
used by way of metonymy

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