synecdochic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it

Synonyms

synecdochical

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