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 always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.