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metonymic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Metonymic  \Met`o*nym"ic\,  Metonymical  \Met`o*nym"ic*al\,  a.  [See 
  {Metonymy}.] 
  Used  by  way  of  metonymy.  --  {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  metonymic 
  adj  :  using  the  name  of  one  thing  for  that  of  another  with  which 
  it  is  closely  associated;  "to  say  `he  spent  the  evening 
  reading  Shakespeare'  is  metonymic  because  it 
  substitutes  the  author  himself  for  the  author's  works" 
  [syn:  {metonymical}] 




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