Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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trope | Yes | No | No | No |
metonymy | Yes | No | No | No |
trope (noun) | metonymy (noun) |
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language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') |