Synecdochic - Definition
synecdochic
adj 1: 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; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for
`ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a
synecdochic figure of speech" [syn: synecdochic,
synecdochical]