| Definition of 'synecdochical' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) synecdochic, synecdochical
using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it
"to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech"
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| Definition of 'synecdochical' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) synecdochical
expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche
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