Synecdoche (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Rhetoric.
  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.
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  1. a figure of speech in which a part is substituted for a whole or a whole for a part, as in 50 head of cattle for 50 cows, or the army for a soldier
Synecdoche (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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