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Meaning of word metonym from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : A word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing.

Example : Washington is a metonym for the United States government.
Plastic is a metonym for credit card.

get stuck (verb)
Be unable to move further.

nepalese (noun)
A native or inhabitant of Nepal.

defloration (noun)
An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.

socialism (noun)
A political theory advocating state ownership of industry.

agonizing (adjective)
Extremely painful.

rusticity (noun)
The quality of being rustic or gauche.

submaxilla (noun)
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.

somebody (noun)
A human being.

astana (noun)
Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

angler fish (noun)
Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.