Not what it means!
- POSTED ON: 6 Jan, 2020
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- POSTED BY: Madhumitha Srinivasan
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The English language is replete with figures of speech. One such is the metonym.
A metonym is a word or phrase that is commonly used to refer to an object or place instead of its own name. This means the object or place is not called by its own name, but by the name of something that is closely related to it or within the context.
Example: Tongue is a metonym for language, though it actually refers to the oral muscle.
What are these metonyms?