Me‐ton″y‐my (mē̍‐tŏn″ĭ‐my̆; 277), n. [L. metonymia, Gr. μετωνυμία; μετά, indicating change + ὄνυμα, for ὄνομα a name: cf. F. métonymie. See Name.] (Rhet.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.