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 authors works
[ Syn: metonymic ]
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 authors works
[ Syn: metonymic ]