METONYM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing

Example:

plastic is a metonym for credit card

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

Derivation:

metonymic; metonymical (using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated)

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