Synecdochical

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  • adj. 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).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of or expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. 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
    • Equivalent
    figurative    nonliteral   
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    Words with the same meaning
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