METONYMY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads”)
   Hypernyms(s) metonymy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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   Hyponym(s)
   • metalepsis (what does metalepsis mean?)