Definitions for synecdoche

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synecdoche syn·ec·do·che

Spelling: [si-nek-duh-kee]

IPA: /sɪˈnɛk də ki/

Synecdoche is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 347 anagrams from letters in synecdoche (ccdeehnosy).

Definitions for synecdoche

noun

1. a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.

Origin of synecdoche

1350-1400; Medieval Latin Greek synekdochḗ, equivalent to syn- syn- + ekdochḗ act of receiving from another, equivalent to ek- ec- + -dochē, nou

Examples for synecdoche

And apparently various causes might produce this synecdoche.

Reddit is a synecdoche for the Internet: a set of tools for sharing and organizing content.

Metalepsis carries us so far, but synecdoche must supplement it.

Qm is one of the positions in a Namz and is here used by synecdoche for it.

After synecdoche, it will be impossible not to take notice of her talent.

I did send for you to draw me a device, an Imprezza, by synecdoche a Mott.

Whether it be synecdoche, metaphor, or metonymy, there is still a figure.

They became a synecdoche for the woman herself: conservative, intimidating, feminine.

synecdoche puts a part for the whole, or a whole for the part; as, "The harbor was crowded with masts."

Sex appeal,” Levy writes, “has become a synecdoche of all appeal.