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METONYM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does metonym mean?
• METONYM (noun)
The noun METONYM has 1 sense:
1. a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
Familiarity information: METONYM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
plastic is a metonym for credit card
Hypernyms ("metonym" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
Derivation:
metonymic; metonymical (using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated)
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