Definition of "metonym" []

• A word used in metonymy. (noun)

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• "“Bartús” is evidently formed “on the weight” of “Bartút;” and his metonym is a caricature, a chaff fit for Fellahe."
• "But it is worthwhile teasing this apart a little, unbinding the different aspects of rhetorics lumped together in one component and separating out the semiotic layering (i.e. the use of metaphor and metonym) stuck in with the second."
• "The nation's press lords waged an endless campaign against anyone who taught it; even the word yoga became a metonym for secret doorways and sex worship."