SYNECDOCHIC as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • synecdochical (what does synecdochical mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • to use `hand” for `worker” or `ten sail” for `ten ships” or `steel” fo
   Similar To
   • figurative (what does figurative mean?)
   • nonliteral (what does nonliteral mean?)