Definition of "synecdochical" [syn•ec•doch•ic•al]

• Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using something spoken of as the whole (hand for laborer) or vice-versa (the court for the judge). (adjective)

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• "And could you use "synecdochical" in a sentence, please?"
• "And like many other, better-known cases of synecdochical food names, the container came to stand for the thing it contained."
• "Ans. That the expression is synecdochical was before affirmed; what it importeth under the power of that figure is the grammatical sense of the words."