Meanings (ES + gloss)
sinécdoque
A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it.
"Holocaust" can become a tired synecdoche for war crimes in general.
Synecdoche the whole for part will take, Or part for whole, just for the metre's sake.
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