Synecdoche
Vocabulary word
synecdoche
noun /sɪˈnekdəki/ /sɪˈnekdəki/[uncountable, countable] (specialist)
a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to represent a whole, or a whole is used to represent a part of something. For example, in ‘Australia lost by two goals’, Australia is used to represent the Australian team.
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