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Meaning of 'metonymy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Metonymy [ n.]
- A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.

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met met- meta- metabases metabasis metabola metabole metabolia metabolian metabolic

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