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synecdochical
DEFINITIONS OF:
synecdochical
1
adj
using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it
Synonyms:
synecdochic
figurative
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(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
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