Synecdoche : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Synecdoche	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Synecdoche
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
synecdoche n substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synecdoche \Synec"doche\ (s[icr]n[ecr]k"d[osl]k[esl]), n. [L. synecdoche, Gr. synekdochh`, fr. to receive jointly; sy`n with + [?] to receive; [?] out + [?] to receive.] (Rhet.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. --Bain.