Associations to the word «Metonymy»

Wiktionary

METONYMY, noun. The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
METONYMY, noun. (countable) A metonym.

Dictionary definition

METONYMY, noun. Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads').

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.