Meaning of metonym | Babel Free

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A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.

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Examples

“Den lille trailer […] blev […] brugt som et metonym for sort arbejde.”

The little trailer […] was […] used as a metonym for undeclared work.

“I Herman Bangs Stuk (1887) er den arkitektoniske stuk blot et udsnit af tidens pyntesyge overfladeliv bliver et metonym på samtiden.^([sic])”

In Herman Bang's Stuk (1887), the architectural stucco is only a slice of the gaudy surface life of the time becomes a metonym of the time.^([sic])

“... en tendens til at bruge hjernen som et metonym for ens personlighed, ...”

... a tendency to use the brain as a metonym for one's personality, ...

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