syn⋅ec⋅do⋅che
/sɪˈnɛkdəki/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [si-nek-duh-kee] Show IPA Pronunciation
-noun Rhetoric.
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:
1350-1400; < ML < Gk
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