(n) a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing, Example: Washington is a metonym for the United States government; plastic is a metonym for credit card
(adj) using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated, Syn.metonymical, Example: to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works
{ } a. [ See Metonymy. ] Used by way of metonymy; using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. -- Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
n. [ L. metonymia, Gr. metwnymi`a; meta`, indicating change + 'o`nyma , for 'o`noma a name: cf. F. métonymie. See Name. ] (Rhet.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections; a city dweller has no wheels, that is, no automobile. [ 1913 Webster ]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
