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Definitions:
Noun
Definition: a metonym
Adjective
metonymic
metonymical
Definition: using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
Definition: Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object