Metonymical Definition & Meaning
metonymical
- adjective
- 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"
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- What does metonymical mean?
- 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"
- What part of speech is metonymical?
- Metonymical is an adjective.