noun🔗ShareThe use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.""The restaurant review said, 'The kitchen clearly doesn't understand basic seasoning,' using 'the kitchen' as a metonymy for the chef and cooks." "languagecommunicationlinguisticsliteraturegrammarwritingwordfigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA metonym."The power of the throne was greatly diminished after the revolution; in this case, "throne" is used as a metonymy for the monarchy. "languagelinguisticsgrammarliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
