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Synecdoche (/sɪˈnɛkdəki/ sih-NEK-də-kee) is a type of metonymy; it is a
figure of
speech in
which a term for a part of
something is used to
refer to the...
- been
applied to
spoken or sung texts.
Literature is
often referred to
synecdochically as "writing",
especially creative writing, and
poetically as "the craft...
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Porte Court of St James's,
another synecdochic term, for the
United Kingdom in
diplomatic relations Kremlin,
synecdochic term for the
Russian government...
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Synecdochic figure of speech...
- from the
characters to the
setting in
space and time. He is fond of
synecdochic details. In the
scene of Anna Karenina's
suicide Tolstoy's
artistic attention...
- or
other grounds. In
American English, the term "cleats" is used
synecdochically to
refer to
shoes featuring such protrusions. In
Commonwealth English...
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Whitehall is a road in the City of Westminster,
London used
synecdochically to
refer to the
entire UK
civil service, as many
government departments are...
- 19th century. In
British English, the
dress code is
often referred to
synecdochically by its prin****l
element for men, the
dinner suit or
dinner jacket...
- (slang)
container for
liquids (the bottle) alcohol,
heavy drinking (
synecdochical slang) box a gift in a box,
hence Boxing Day
genital protector used...
- and the
minbar of
Islamic mosques. From the
pulpit is
often used
synecdochically for
something which is said with
official church authority. In many...
