Definition of "metonymic" [met•o•nym•ic]

• Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object. (adjective)
• A metonym. (noun)

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• "Your search for "metonymic" meanings instead of taking things first at face value is particularly distressing to me."
• "In Morte D'Urban, we can see the extended use Powers makes of the priesthood as a kind of metonymic device to explore the themes of community, America, the spiritual/moral life."
• "From this we can identify that time is constructed in two ways -- one as metonymic (the correlation of events) and one as metaphoric (from an understanding of motion and resources)."