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Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Synecdoche" Definition
noun
A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as for ), the whole for a part (as for ), the species for the genus (as for ), the genus for the species (as for ), or the name of the material for the thing made (as for ).
Source: Merriam-Webster
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