- a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”
- the substitution of a word referring to an attribute for the thing that is meant, as for example the use of the crown to refer to a monarch
