1. Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads')

Derived forms: metonymies

See also: metonymical

Type of: figure, figure of speech, image, trope

Encyclopedia: Metonymy

• Reduviidae
• redux
• redwing
• redwood
• redwood family
• Redwood National Park
• redwood penstemon
• reebok
• reecho
• reechoing
• reed
• reed bunting
• reed canary grass
• reed grass
• reed instrument
• reed meadow grass
• reed organ
• reed pipe
• reed rhapis
• reed section
• reed stop
• reedbird
• reeded
• reediness
• reeding