metonymy

1. n. A word/trope">trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections. Source: opted

2. n. substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’) Source: wordnet

3. A word/trope">trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections. Source: webster

4. A word/trope">trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it;as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; weread Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is,warm affections. Source: adambom

5. n:100 n. substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') Source: ecdict

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