Associations to the word «Metonymy»
Noun
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
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one
another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute
truth.