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METONYM

• METONYM (noun)
The noun METONYM has 1 sense:

1. a word that is used metonymically; a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing

Familiarity information: METONYM used as a noun is very rare.

• METONYM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A word that is used metonymically; a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("metonym" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

"Clothes maketh the man."
(English proverb)
"No death without reason."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground."
(Nigerian proverb)
"He who has nothing will not eat. If you want flour, go gather chestnuts."
(Corsican proverb)

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