noun Download 🔗Share The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object. Examples : ""The restaurant review said, 'The kitchen clearly doesn't understand basic seasoning,' using 'the kitchen' as a metonymy for the chef and cooks." " language communication linguistics literature grammar writing word figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A metonym. Examples : "The power of the throne was greatly diminished after the revolution; in this case, "throne" is used as a metonymy for the monarchy. " language linguistics grammar literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading