metonymy | Amarkosh

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

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

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.