metonymic

Adjective
  1. Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated (synset 301422872)
    "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
    similar to: figurative, nonliteral - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
    same as: metonymical

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